Microsoft building global products in India: CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft, which has historically built products elsewhere and sold them in India. Microsoft is making “significant investments” in India and, unlike earlier, is building global products in the country.“We have the largest development centre outside the US. We have put significant capital investments in building out four large data centres.

Made-in-India push: Nadella, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan last October, said that historically, the company has built products elsewhere and sold them in India, but this has changed and the company is now making global products here.

Praising India's technological progress, Nadella said it's not just startup unicorns but also small businesses, public-sector enterprises and large multinationals that are making use of digital technology in India to create value for their users and customers. He also lauded India’s digital public goods such as Aadhaar and the United Payments Interface (UPI).

AI is next: Widely credited with transforming the iconic software maker — now the world's third most valuable company after Apple and Saudi Aramco — by pivoting to the cloud and mobile businesses, Nadella said artificial intelligence will be “the next big wave”. Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s platform ChatGPT will be integrated with several Microsoft products, including its search engine Bing.