Infosys Teams Up With Nvidia To Train Its 50,000 Employees With AI Technology

• Infosys has partnered with NVIDIA to train its 50,000 employees with their Generative AI technology.
  
• This is NVIDIA’s third major collaboration announcement in India this month, after partnership announcements with Reliance and Tata.
  
• The main aim is to integrate NVIDIA’s comprehensive AI Enterprise ecosystem with Infosys’ Topaz services.
  
• This initiative will create a proficient workforce capable of extending generative AI solutions to clients across diverse industries.

In a series of groundbreaking collaborations, global technology powerhouse NVIDIA has inked strategic partnerships with some of India’s biggest corporate entities, including Reliance Industries and Tata Group. The latest addition to this roster is a leading Indian tech giant, Infosys. Together, Infosys and NVIDIA are set to propel enterprise innovation to new heights through the integration of generative AI applications and solutions.

The cornerstone of this partnership is the amalgamation of NVIDIA’s extensive AI Enterprise ecosystem – encompassing models, tools, runtimes, and GPU systems – with Infosys’ AI-centric suite of services, solutions, and platforms that use generative AI technologies known as Topaz. By merging these cutting-edge technologies, Infosys endeavors to provide customers with seamless access to the transformative power of generative AI within their businesses.

The companies said this collaboration will extend to digitalization applications, with a focus on developing solutions for enterprise use cases across 3D workflows, design collaboration, digital twin, world simulation, and others. Infosys and NVIDIA are co-developing AI-powered solutions in areas like 5G, cybersecurity, and energy transition.

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NVIDIA’s Alliances

With Reliance Jio, NVIDIA will help with end-to-end AI supercomputer technologies including CPU, GPU, networking, and AI operating systems and frameworks for building the AI models, and Jio will manage and maintain the AI cloud infrastructure. With the Tata Group, NVIDIA will help build and process generative AI applications as well as upskill the six lakh-plus employees of TCS in AI. The chip company will work with Tata Motors to deploy AI across design, styling, engineering, simulation testing, and autonomous vehicle capabilities; and also help Tata Communications build AI infra.

On The Partnership

“Infosys is transforming into an AI-first company to better provide AI-based services to our clients worldwide. Our clients are also looking at complex AI use cases that can drive significant business value across their entire value chain. Infosys Topaz offerings and solutions are complementary to NVIDIA‘s core stack. By combining our strengths and training 50,000 of our workforce on NVIDIA AI technology, we are creating end-to-end industry leading AI solutions that will help enterprises on their journey to become AI-first,” affirmed Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys.

In a strategic move to fortify their collaboration, Infosys will establish an Nvidia Center of Excellence. This initiative is slated to train and certify a staggering 50,000 of its employees in NVIDIA‘s AI technology, thereby equipping them with the expertise needed to extend generative AI solutions to their expansive clientele spanning various industries. Jensen Huang, the visionary founder and CEO of NVIDIA, emphasized the pivotal role of this expert workforce in propelling business growth through the NVIDIA-Infosys partnership. “Together, NVIDIA and Infosys will create an expert workforce to help businesses use this platform to build custom applications and solutions,” stated Huang.

Infosys has been harnessing the complete spectrum of NVIDIA’s generative AI platform, which encompasses not only cutting-edge hardware but also enterprise-grade software. This integration has revolutionized its internal operations and empowered the company to assist its clients in crafting generative AI applications that drive efficiency across critical business functions such as operations, sales, and marketing.

Huang further underlined the profound impact of generative AI on enterprise productivity, asserting that it is poised to usher in the next wave of transformative gains. This future-oriented partnership positions both tech companies at the forefront of this paradigm shift, with the potential to revolutionize industries by harnessing the power of generative AI.

About NVIDIA

Founded in 1993, NVIDIA has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling industrial digitalization across markets. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping the industry.

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. Over 300,000 people work here to amplify human potential and create the next opportunity for people, businesses, and communities. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, the company expertly steers clients in 56+ countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI.

As this collaboration unfolds, the world watches with anticipation, recognizing the immense potential it holds for revolutionizing industries and reshaping the technological landscape. The convergence of Infosys’ extensive industry expertise with NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI technology promises to unlock a new era of innovation, setting a precedent for the global technology ecosystem. Together, they are poised to drive the future of enterprise through the power of generative AI.