Yotta, IBM plan agentic AI platform for Indian enterprises as demand grows for ‘sovereign AI’ deployments

The companies also plan joint go-to-market initiatives covering solution co-creation, proof of concepts and technical enablement.

Yotta Data Services and IBM plan to deliver an agentic AI platform for enterprises and government organisations in India as organisations increasingly look for sovereign AI deployment models.

The proposed platform will use IBM watsonx Orchestrate and run on Yotta's Shakti Cloud infrastructure. The companies said the platform will help organisations scale AI adoption while addressing data residency, governance, security and regulatory compliance requirements as enterprises move from AI experimentation to operational deployment.

The platform will support deployment and management of AI agents across IT service management, HR, finance, procurement and customer support functions.

As part of the partnership, IBM and Yotta also plan to bring IBM Sovereign Core to India through Yotta's Shakti Cloud. IBM Sovereign Core is designed to help organisations build and operate sovereign AI environments with integrated governance, compliance and operational controls.

The partnership reflects how sovereignty, governance and compliance are becoming central to enterprise AI deployments rather than additional layers added later.

"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," said IBM India & South Asia, managing director, Sandip Patel.

Shakti Cloud is MeitY-empanelled and designed to support data residency requirements for regulated sectors. Combined with IBM Sovereign Core's compliance monitoring and regulatory frameworks, the platform is positioned to support enterprises facing increasing AI governance requirements.

The platform combines identity, security, compliance monitoring and AI execution functions within a single deployment model. Key capabilities include customer-operated control planes, in-boundary identity and encryption, continuous compliance monitoring, evidence generation and governed AI execution.

The offering is built on Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat AI. Yotta's Shakti Cloud provides GPU infrastructure and AI services for enterprise AI workloads in India.

The infrastructure is India-based and MeitY-empanelled, supporting organisations with data residency and regulatory requirements. The companies said the combined offering is intended to help enterprises and government organisations deploy AI workloads within defined sovereign boundaries while maintaining operational visibility and control.

The combination of IBM watsonx Orchestrate and IBM Sovereign Core on a single India-hosted infrastructure addresses two distinct problems enterprises have faced separately — how to orchestrate AI agents across business functions, and how to do so without losing control over data and operations.

Leaning on channel to drive adoption

The partnership will initially target organisations across BFSI, public sector, manufacturing and digital-native industries. IBM and Yotta also plan joint go-to-market initiatives covering solution co-creation, proof of concepts and technical enablement programmes.

The focus on joint solution co-creation, POCs and technical enablement also points to a channel-led approach for AI adoption across regulated industries.

For solution providers and system integrators operating in BFSI, public sector and manufacturing, the platform offers a ready, India-hosted AI stack with built-in compliance, reducing the integration and governance groundwork that has slowed AI deployments in regulated sectors.

Yotta has been expanding its Shakti Cloud platform to support enterprise AI and GPU workloads for enterprise and government use cases in India.