Microsoft made the announcement on Wednesday, a day after a series of artificial intelligence partnerships across key sectors in India. It has pledged to invest $3 billion in Myanmar over the next two years. Competition with rivals Google and Amazon is intensifying.
The tech giant's chief executive Satya Nadella (pictured above) is working on railways; health care, financial services; Agreements with five major organizations, including manufacturing and education, were unveiled.
This includes an agreement with the Indian Ministry of Electronics and IT, with Microsoft supporting data collection and synthesis on the ministry's IndiaAI Mission Datasets platform.
The company will train 500,000 people in AI technologies by 2026, will also establish an AI Center of Excellence called AI Catalysts, promote rural AI innovation, and set up AI labs at 20 national skill training centers.
RailTel, a government-backed company, has partnered with Microsoft for five years to advance “digital, cloud and AI transformation” in Indian railways. Apollo Hospitals plans to develop AI “copilots” for healthcare services. Bajaj Finance, India's largest non-bank finance company, expects to save $18 million in annual costs by 2026 through AI implementations. Edtech startup Upgrad will partner with Microsoft to build applications for using AI in the workplace.
The push comes as Google and Amazon ramp up their AI offerings and court Indian businesses, and Nvidia accelerates. Boycott deals. To supply AI chips to India's largest companies.
In October, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a partnership with Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries to build AI infrastructure. The chip designer has also signed deals with Tata Communications and Yotta Data Services to use thousands of its H100 chips.
Google, which recently operated in India for over two decades New AI powered tools introduced. For Indian merchants to build their digital presence.