LTIMindtree and IBM Unveil Cutting-Edge Generative AI Center in India
LTIMindtree has unveiled a new partnership with IBM to launch a joint Generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in India. This collaborative innovation hub merges IBM's Watson AI and data platform with LTIMindtree's engineering expertise. Through open innovation, both entities aim to drive the advancement of enterprise AI technology, facilitating the application of AI-driven solutions to address various business obstacles. This emphasis on open innovation underscores the pivotal role it plays in fostering the collaboration between LTIMindtree and IBM.
The CoE established by LTIMindtree and IBM intends to provide an extensive range of services. Leveraging LTIMindtree's proficiency in data, machine learning model customization, and full-stack engineering alongside IBM's WatsonX technology, including WatsonX.AI, WatsonX.Data, WatsonX.Governance, and AI assistants, the center aims to develop tailored solutions. Situated in India, the center's primary focus will be on crafting specific solutions to expedite clients' adoption of generative AI.
Nachiket Deshpande, COO and Whole-time Director, LTIMindtree, commenting on the collaboration, said, “Open innovation is the cornerstone of progress in the digital era. By joining forces with IBM, LTIMindtree aims to be at the forefront of advancing AI technologies and empowering businesses to achieve unparalleled success with governance”.
Kate Woolley, General Manager, IBM Ecosystem said, “IBM Service Partners such as LTIMindtree play an integral role helping enterprises maximize the benefits of generative AI technology through all phases of their AI adoption journey. Our collaboration, distinguished by the Center of Excellence, is an opportunity for our companies to work closely together to help funnel the latest AI research and innovations into technologies solving real-world business challenges”.
Clients are anticipated to reap numerous advantages from this collaboration. LTIMindtree will integrate WatsonX.Governance with the Canvas.AI platform, forming a cooperative enterprise-ready toolkit. This integration empowers organizations to systematically embed AI governance frameworks across the entire AI lifecycle. By combining these platforms, users will gain access to the necessary structure and procedures to navigate regulatory complexities, uphold ethical standards, meet compliance requirements, and uphold responsible AI practices.
Within the CoE, there will be an additional offering: an enterprise data modernization and warehouse enhancement service driven by WatsonX.Data. This service will furnish the necessary framework and tools for data warehouse users to enhance the efficiency of their current capabilities through the utilization of IBM WatsonX.Data and the specialized solutions crafted by LTIMindtree.
The CoE is poised to deliver a range of services aimed at modernizing full-stack applications across various domain-specific scenarios, including mainframe application modernization. Leveraging LTIMindtree's expertise in full-stack engineering alongside the robust IBM WatsonX.AI studio, enterprises will be able to streamline their modernization endeavors as they train, validate, fine-tune, and deploy AI models.
The Center of Excellence endeavors to be instrumental in broadening the horizons of generative AI applications for clients' digital initiatives. It leverages the IBM WatsonX platform alongside AI assistants, machine learning, speech recognition, natural language processing, and conversational AI to enhance the end-user experience.
