Yotta launches India’s first GenAI Chatbot Using DeepSeek

Hiranandani Group-owned Yotta Data Services launched ‘myShakti’ on Tuesday, marking India’s first fully sovereign B2C generative AI chatbot. Built using DeepSeek’s open-source AI model, myShakti operates entirely on Indian servers at Yotta’s NM1 data centre with complete data security and sovereignty, the company said in a statement.

The launch aligns with the vision recently shared by Union Minister of Railways and Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, that India is likely to launch its own safe and secure indigenous AI model within six months at an affordable cost. The beta version is available for free as a web application at myShakti.ai.

“With myShakti, we are taking a major step towards making India self-reliant in AI,” said Darshan Hiranandani, CEO of the Hiranandani Group and Chairman and Co-founder of Yotta Data Services, adding that "the decision to host DeepSeek within the Indian borders ensures that our nation has full control over its AI infrastructure".

Yotta has implemented a feedback mechanism to continuously refine myShakti. According to the official blog, the chatbot aims to boost AI adoption in India by reducing infrastructure costs and making AI accessible to businesses, researchers, and startups. 

Sunil Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Yotta Data Services, said the integration of DeepSeek as transformative, noting its open-source nature and low computing requirements significantly lower costs, similar to the mobile revolution in India. He remarked, “This could be India’s Sputnik moment for AI—an inflection point that positions the nation at the forefront of global AI innovation.”

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek, which has had a meteoric rise in popularity in recent days, has challenged the traditional AI infrastructure by demonstrating that efficiency can match computational power. With just $5.6 million in older GPUs, it showcases the potential of reinforcement learning to train competitive AI models, allowing India to create AI solutions tailored to its socio-cultural and geopolitical context while preserving data sovereignty.

In response to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of Project Stargate, Indian tech leaders discussed the necessity of developing local capabilities. Exotel's CTO Anil Kumar noted that as models become cheaper to build and run, value is shifting toward use-case builders like Exotel, which leverage these advancements to deliver impactful customer experiences beyond simple interactions with LLMs.

NxtGen has made its Sovereign DeepSeek model publicly accessible, promoting open-source innovation in AI. Integrated into the SpeedCloud AI platform with the latest Llama 3.3 70B model, both are available for free, allowing users to compare their capabilities. DeepSeek’s deployment is sovereign to India, ensuring it does not learn from user interactions or connect to the internet, thus preventing data extradition.

Ola’s AI platform, Krutrim, has also integrated DeepSeek models into its cloud infrastructure, as announced by founder Bhavish Aggarwal. He emphasized, “India can’t be left behind in AI. Krutrim has accelerated efforts to develop world-class AI, with DeepSeek models now live on Indian servers at the lowest pricing globally.”

Yotta also said that it remains dedicated to enhancing India’s AI capabilities and plans to develop sovereign AI solutions in the generative AI space.