Mumbai: Yotta Data Services, a leading company providing end-to-end digital transformation solutions, has launched ‘myShakti’, India’s first sovereign B2C generative AI chatbot powered by the DeepSeek open-source AI model. Developed by Yotta and hosted entirely within the country, myShakti aims to democratize advanced AI while ensuring complete data sovereignty.
The chatbot is deployed at NM1, Yotta’s data center, running on an advanced server infrastructure. Currently available in beta version on a web app, myShakti is free to use, making generative AI accessible to businesses, researchers, and individual users across India.
Advancing AI with Data Sovereignty
Highlighting the significance of this launch, Darshan Hiranandani, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Hiranandani Group and Chairman & Co-founder of Yotta Data Services, stated that Yotta is committed to democratizing AI while ensuring India’s data sovereignty. He emphasized that myShakti was developed in response to a call by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to host DeepSeek within India’s borders, reinforcing the country’s vision for self-reliance in AI.
Sunil Gupta, Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director (MD) of Yotta Data Services, highlighted Yotta’s role in leading AI innovation in India. He stated that myShakti reinforces Yotta’s commitment to making AI accessible, secure, and scalable for every Indian. He explained that DeepSeek’s open-source nature and low compute requirements drastically reduce costs, accelerating AI adoption in a manner similar to how the mobile revolution transformed India.
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DeepSeek’s breakthrough poses a challenge to traditional AI infrastructure models by proving that efficiency can rival raw computational power. Using just $5.6 million worth of older GPUs, DeepSeek has demonstrated the potential of reinforcement learning to train competitive AI models, shifting the focus towards resource-efficient AI development.
With its open-source model, DeepSeek presents a unique opportunity for India to customize AI to suit socio-cultural, linguistic, and geopolitical realities. Yotta aims to leverage this advantage to democratize AI access while prioritizing national data sovereignty. With myShakti, the company has taken a significant step towards making AI accessible, secure, and impactful for India’s digital future.
