Nvidia is teaming up with Indian IT companies like Infosys, TCS, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro to boost AI development in India. The firm believes this "great upskill" initiative will pave the way for "a new wave of opportunity."
New Job Creation and Training
The goal is to generate fresh job opportunities while preparing the next generation of AI developers. Tech Mahindra has set up a Center of Excellence (CoE) that will leverage Nvidia's AI enterprise solutions to embed generative AI into business applications. They are working on Project Indus 2.0, which is a specialized AI model aimed at understanding Hindi and its various dialects. This model utilizes Nvidia's Nemotron-4-Mini-Hindi-4B, a four-billion-parameter linguistic small-language model, trained with "real-world Hindi data, synthetic Hindi data and an equal amount of English data."
Expanding AI Solutions
In addition to Tech Mahindra's efforts, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has rolled out enterprise solutions targeting the automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial, and retail sectors. They have successfully trained "50,000+ AI associates" to assist clients in enhancing their skills and executing AI strategies.
Wipro has developed a generative AI studio that employs Nvidia AI enterprise solutions to speed up applications in supply chains, user agents, retail, and beyond. Meanwhile, Infosys Topaz is designed to aid companies in weaving generative AI into their daily operations. Companies like Reliance and Ola Electric have also shared their plans to utilize Nvidia's Omniverse simulation technology for testing factory layouts prior to their implementation.
A Promising Future for AI in India
According to a report by Reuters, during his speech at the Nvidia AI Summit currently happening in Mumbai, CEO Jensen Huang mentioned that by the end of this year, India is expected to possess "20 times more compute power than just a little over a year ago."
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