IBM and Yotta Data Services Private Limited have announced plans to enter into a strategic partnership aimed at delivering an Agentic AI platform for enterprises and government organisations in India.
The proposed platform will be built using IBM watsonx Orchestrate and deployed on Yotta’s Shakti Cloud, with a focus on enabling organisations to scale AI adoption while addressing requirements around data residency, security, and regulatory compliance.
The collaboration comes as enterprises transition from AI experimentation to large-scale operational deployment, with growing demand for platforms capable of orchestrating AI-driven workflows across business functions while ensuring governance and control. The platform is expected to support deployment and management of AI agents across IT service management, human resources, finance, procurement, and customer support.
As part of the partnership, IBM and Yotta also intend to bring IBM Sovereign Core onto Yotta’s Shakti Cloud. IBM Sovereign Core, which is now generally available, is designed to help organisations build and operate AI-ready sovereign environments with continuous compliance monitoring, verifiable control, and governed AI execution across data, operations, technology, and AI systems. Together, both offerings are positioned to provide a foundation for deploying agentic AI at scale while maintaining compliance and control.
Sunil Gupta, Co-Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yotta Data Services, said, “AI innovation in India must be anchored in sovereignty, security, and performance. Together with IBM, we propose to enable enterprises to harness the power of agentic AI on a secure, India-hosted cloud, so they can innovate with confidence while maintaining control over their data and operations.”
Yotta’s Shakti Cloud offers scalable GPU infrastructure and AI services for Indian enterprises. Combined with IBM watsonx Orchestrate, the platform is intended to help organisations adopt AI with greater speed and security, enabling orchestration across functions and improving operational efficiency.
IBM Sovereign Core is built around the concept of operational sovereignty, integrating governance, compliance, and control into system design. IBM defines digital sovereignty across four pillars including operational sovereignty, data sovereignty, technology sovereignty, and AI sovereignty. The platform brings together control plane, identity, security, compliance, and AI execution capabilities within a unified deployment model, featuring customer-operated control planes, in-boundary encryption, continuous compliance monitoring, and governed AI execution.
By hosting IBM Sovereign Core on Yotta’s Shakti Cloud, an India-based MeitY-empanelled infrastructure, the partnership aims to deliver a sovereign environment aligned with India’s regulatory framework. This is expected to support enterprises and government organisations in meeting data residency requirements, maintaining audit-ready compliance, and deploying AI workloads within defined sovereign boundaries.
Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India & South Asia, said, “Indian enterprises are increasingly focused on operationalising AI in a way that is secure, governed, and aligned with regulatory expectations. This collaboration will combine IBM’s AI capabilities with Yotta’s sovereign cloud infrastructure to help organisations scale AI responsibly, embedding sovereignty, governance, transparency, and trust from the outset.”
IBM and Yotta also plan to pursue joint go-to-market initiatives, including solution co-creation, proof of concepts, and technical enablement across sectors such as BFSI, public sector, manufacturing, and digital-native industries.
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