Larsen & Toubro Vyoma (L&T Vyoma), L&T’s next-generation sovereign AI cloud and digital infrastructure business, has formed a strategic partnership with Fortanix Inc., a global leader in data and AI security and a pioneer in Confidential Computing. This collaboration aims to jointly deliver sovereign, secure software-as-a-service offerings for enterprises and government organizations in India. The partnership addresses the growing need for data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and runtime protection, particularly in sectors like banking, financial services, government, and healthcare, as AI adoption accelerates. L&T Vyoma will provide the sovereign AI infrastructure, including data centers, compute, and networking, while Fortanix will secure the data and AI workloads using NVIDIA Confidential Computing. This alliance will enable organizations to adopt AI and modern data services securely, ensuring sensitive data remains protected and compliant within India's borders. Prashant Chiranjive Jain, Managing Director – Larsen & Toubro Vyoma, highlighted that the partnership will help organizations harness AI with confidence by ensuring data protection within national boundaries and meeting high security and compliance standards. Anand Kashyap, Co-founder & CEO – Fortanix Inc., stated that the partnership brings together trusted infrastructure and Confidential Computing to enable Indian enterprises to use AI without exposing sensitive data or intellectual property. Justin Boitano, Vice President - Enterprise AI Products - NVIDIA, emphasized that this collaboration creates a trusted foundation for securely deploying and managing mission-critical workloads in India, especially for regulated industries. Confidential Computing secures data during processing using hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments, ensuring sensitive information remains encrypted and impenetrable even during computation. By integrating Confidential AI into L&T Vyoma’s AI Factory model, the partnership enables secure deployment of AI models without exposing proprietary IP, protects sensitive data during processing, supports compliance with India’s data sovereignty and regulatory requirements, and allows for cryptographic verification of trusted environments. L&T Vyoma and Fortanix will jointly develop sovereign AI and data security solutions, engage in co-selling initiatives across regulated industries, and drive customer enablement through proof-of-concept and proof-of-value engagements. L&T Vyoma will also facilitate engagement with leading Indian AI model builders to strengthen the ecosystem for sovereign AI innovation. This partnership is a significant step towards building a secure AI ecosystem in India, allowing organizations to innovate while retaining full control over their data and models.
