IBM and Yotta Data Services have announced the general availability of a sovereign agentic AI platform designed specifically for Indian enterprises. The platform combines IBM watsonx Orchestrate with Yotta's Shakti Cloud and Shakti Studio, enabling organizations to deploy AI agents at scale while maintaining data, operations and governance controls within India.

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IBM and Yotta Deliver Sovereign AI Infrastructure

IBM and Yotta Data Services have announced the general availability of a sovereign agentic AI platform built specifically for Indian enterprises

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. The platform addresses a critical need as Indian organizations scale AI from pilots to production while navigating evolving regulatory requirements. Companies can now deploy AI agents without relinquishing control over their data and operations, keeping critical infrastructure, compute, models, and governance controls anchored within India's borders.

Combining Enterprise AI Technology with Sovereign Infrastructure

The sovereign agentic AI platform integrates IBM watsonx Orchestrate with Yotta's Shakti Cloud and Shakti Studio to create an end-to-end AI stack

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. IBM watsonx Orchestrate functions as the agentic control plane, providing organizations with capabilities to secure, govern, and manage AI agents as adoption scales across the enterprise. Shakti Cloud delivers the underlying compute, GPU infrastructure, networking, security, and operational capabilities required for enterprise AI workloads

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. Shakti Studio, Yotta's AI development platform, enables organizations to explore, fine-tune, deploy, and run both open-source models and proprietary AI models.

Digital Sovereignty Becomes Defining Requirement

According to Sandip Patel, Managing Director of IBM India and South Asia, digital sovereignty and open-source models are becoming defining requirements for organizations as they scale AI from pilots to production

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. "The priority is no longer just what AI can do, but how securely, transparently and compliantly it can be deployed," Patel stated. The partnership helps Indian enterprises build and manage AI agents with critical data, inference, and governance controls anchored in India, while creating a trusted path to business value. This approach ensures organizations maintain control not only over their data but also over the infrastructure that powers their AI operations.

Moving from Experimentation to Production Scale

Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, MD & CEO of Yotta Data Services, emphasized that India's AI journey requires organizations to control their data, infrastructure, compute, models, inference, and operations

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. The platform is designed to help enterprises move beyond AI pilots and into production, particularly for use cases such as security operations, document processing, and HR automation

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. Available through Yotta's cloud regions in Panvel and Greater Noida, the platform provides Indian enterprises with localized infrastructure that meets sovereignty requirements while delivering enterprise-grade AI capabilities. Organizations can now deploy, run, and govern AI agents at scale across various workflows while ensuring compliance with evolving Indian regulations.

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