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  • Blaize and Yotta Drive USD 56M Rollout of Yotta Hybrid AI Infrastructure for Public Safety

    Yotta Hybrid AI infrastructure

    Mumbai/El Dorado Hills: Blaize Holdings, Inc., a leader in programmable edge AI computing, has announced that Yotta Data Services (Yotta), an AI and digital infrastructure provider, is the key customer under its $56 million AI initiative.

    The collaboration will see the deployment of the Yotta Hybrid AI infrastructure, transforming more than 250,000 public safety monitoring endpoints by 2026.

    Yotta Hybrid AI Infrastructure to Power AI-Powered Video Surveillance

    The rollout, which began earlier this year, leverages the Blaize AI Platform to enhance Yotta Hybrid AI infrastructure.

    Also Read: How Yotta is Solving GPU Crisis for Indian Startups in the AI Race

    This initiative enables scalable Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) and real-time analytics across India, strengthening public safety and smart infrastructure. Initial shipments are already underway, with full-scale deployment planned through 2026.

    Yotta is launching its VSaaS platform in India before expanding into the Middle East. The infrastructure will provide government agencies and enterprises with AI-driven solutions for monitoring, security, and analytics at scale.

    Strategic Collaboration for Public Safety Innovation

    Darshan Hirandani, Chairman and Co-founder of Yotta, stated, “Our collaboration with Blaize is accelerating. The programmability and flexibility of the Blaize AI Platform are enabling us to scale our Hybrid AI infrastructure, creating new opportunities for enterprises and the public sector.”

    Dinakar Munagala, Co-founder and CEO of Blaize, added, “The partnership with Yotta represents a new chapter in Hybrid AI infrastructure. By combining the Blaize AI Platform with Yotta’s digital backbone, we are delivering real-time analytics that enhance public safety while establishing a model that can be scaled globally.”

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    Key Features of the Yotta Hybrid AI Infrastructure Deployment
    • AI-powered video surveillance as a service (VSaaS) for enterprises and government bodies
    • Real-time edge AI analytics for traffic management, license plate recognition, and security
    • Seamless integration of edge AI inference with centralized cloud analytics
    • Scalable architecture to support national-level smart infrastructure initiatives

    The partnership between Blaize and Yotta is a milestone in advancing Yotta Hybrid AI infrastructure, enabling governments and enterprises to modernize security operations with AI-powered intelligence.

    Author

    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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