Microsoft Announced Its Partnerships with the Government and Industry Leaders Over Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Wednsday. The announsement was made by company Ceo satya nadella in new Delhi on day two of its ai tour. On tuesday, nadella announced the tech giant’s Intens to Invest $ 3 Billion (roughly Rs. 25,753 years) in the country to develop ai infrastructure. The company also highlighted that India’s AI Usage Increased Significly Between 2023 and 2024 And 2024 And It Now Exceds Global Average.
Microsoft’s Strategic AI Partnerships in India
In a newsroom postThe Redmond-Based Tech Giant Detailed The Various Partnerships Signed by Microsoft. The company has signed a memorandum of undersrstanding (mou) with the government of India as well as companies such as Railtel, Apollo Hospitals, Bajaj Finserv, Mahindra Group, and Upgrad. All of the partnerships focus on cloud and ai innovation.
Citing an IDC study Commissioned by Microsoft, The Post Claimed that India’s AI Usage Jumped from 63 Percent in 2023 to 72 Percent in 2024. The company also also claimed that many organizations were monetising ai, with 79 percent using Ivity and 66 Percent for Functional Use Cases.
Looking at this potential, the company today formally Reveled the strategic partnerships it has made with various stakeholders in the country. Microsoft’s Mou With India Ai, A Division of Digital India Corporation, Focuses on Collection to Advance Ai and Emerging Technologies in India. The two entities will provide ai-focused skills to 5,00,000 individuals including students, educators, developers, government officials, and women entrepreneurs, and women entrepreneurs, by 2026.
Microsoft and India Ai will also also establish an ai center of excellence dubbed And an ai-focused marketplace. Additional, the duo will also also set up ai production labs in 20 national skill training institutes (nstis) in 10 states to provide foundational courses in Ai to 20,000 Educators.
Apart from this, Microsoft also signed partnerships with railway focusing on digital, cloud, and AI advance in the Indian railways and public sector space. With Apollo Hospitals, Microsoft will co-deculop ai solutions and support digital transformation and research on Topics such as Diseasese Progression, and Genomics. The tech giant has joined hands with mahindra group to transform automotive, Farm, and Financial Services with Ai by Developing a range of ai products.
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