In a significant move to boost the ‘Make in India’ initiative and develop homegrown AI models, Yotta Data Services on Tuesday introduced ‘myShakti,’ India’s first sovereign B2C generative AI chatbot.
Built using DeepSeek’s open-source AI model, myShakti operates entirely on Indian servers, ensuring complete data security and sovereignty. This launch aligns with the vision recently shared by Union Minister of Railways and Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, who announced that India is likely to launch its own safe and secure indigenous AI model within six months at an affordable cost.
‘myShakti’ is a fully self-reliant AI chatbot that processes all open-source and partnered data on servers located within the country. A dedicated team at Yotta developed myShakti in just four days, deploying the DeepSeek model on their NM1 data center infrastructure. The chatbot runs on an advanced setup featuring 16 nodes of H100 GPUs, totaling 128 H100s, making it a powerful and efficient AI tool.
Currently, the generative AI chatbot is available in beta on a web app and is free to use. “With myShakti, we are taking a major step towards making India self-reliant in AI,” said Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of the Hiranandani Group and Chairman and Co-founder of Yotta Data Services. He further added that hosting DeepSeek within Indian borders ensures that the nation has full control over its AI infrastructure.
Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, CEO, and MD of Yotta Data Services, stated that the company has always led the AI charge in India, and with the rapid development of myShakti, “we are reinforcing our commitment to making cutting-edge AI accessible, secure, and scalable for every Indian.”
According to Minister Vaishnaw, the Indian AI model is a timely step that will help the country emerge as a more reliable technological powerhouse of ethical AI solutions in the future. The Union Minister also announced that the country is establishing an AI Safety Institute, adopting a techno-legal approach as safety and ethical deployment of AI models remain a top priority for India.
Over the past year and a half, India has been developing a robust AI ecosystem framework to support its own foundational AI model.
