By Nikitha Sebastian
Publication Date: 2026-10-28 00:23:00
India’s artificial intelligence (AI) opportunity is substantial, with AI expected to contribute USD 500 billion to the economy by 2030. But converting that potential into economic value will require more than investing in powerful models and expanding computing infrastructure. For enterprises, the bigger challenge is making data usable, identifying applications that deliver measurable returns, and maintaining control over the technology running their operations.
These priorities are increasingly visible in IBM’s India strategy. The company has introduced IBM Sovereign Core, software designed to give organisations greater operational control over AI-ready environments, and worked with Yotta to make a sovereign agentic AI platform generally available in India. Its collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, BharatGen, and NxtGen to develop a Swadeshi AI stack also reflects a growing emphasis on locally governed AI infrastructure and regional-language applications.
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