Krutrim, India’s vertically integrated sovereign cloud platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cloudera to deliver enterprise-scale data and AI capabilities aimed at transforming how Indian businesses harness data for innovation, operational efficiency, and customer engagement.
The announcement was made at EVOLVE25, Cloudera’s flagship customer and partner event in Singapore, marking a significant step in advancing India’s AI infrastructure with enterprise-grade reliability and scale.
Powering Ola Group and Beyond
As part of the alliance, Krutrim is leveraging Cloudera’s hybrid data platform and professional services to handle large-scale analytics and data lake workloads for its parent company, the Ola Group. The solution, hosted entirely on Krutrim Cloud, enables real-time processing of massive datasets from multiple sources, delivering faster insights, stronger governance, and improved decision-making for mission-critical operations.
This infrastructure is now being readied for broader deployment, with Krutrim planning to make it available to other Indian enterprises, startups, and research institutions. The move expands access to sovereign AI infrastructure — a key priority in India’s evolving technology landscape.
An AI-Native Cloud for India
Krutrim is positioning itself as a comprehensive AI-native cloud platform purpose-built for Indian enterprises. Its vertically integrated stack spans compute, storage, data management, and AI-powered applications, all tailored to meet the complex needs of a multilingual, culturally diverse market.
The platform supports training and inferencing for large language models (LLMs) and includes foundational models designed to process text, voice, and video in multiple Indian languages. This focus on local language AI reflects the growing demand for solutions that can address India’s unique linguistic and cultural diversity in areas such as customer service, content creation, and digital governance.
Cloudera Role in the Partnership
At the heart of this collaboration is Cloudera’s enterprise-grade hybrid data platform, enabling Krutrim to deliver high-performance, secure, and scalable AI environments. By combining Cloudera’s technology with Krutrim’s sovereign infrastructure, the partnership aims to provide Indian organizations with trusted AI solutions capable of handling real-time analytics, complex data engineering, and large-scale AI workloads.
Cloudera’s involvement extends beyond technology. The company is also providing professional consulting services to help Krutrim fine-tune its offerings for enterprise adoption. This includes working closely with the Ola Group on data quality, governance, and natural language access to improve operational efficiency.
Voices from Krutrim and Cloudera
“We are focused on building India’s cloud with deeply integrated capabilities across infrastructure, data, and AI to better serve the unique needs of the Indian market,” said Navendu Agarwal, Senior Vice President and Head of Business at Krutrim.
“With Cloudera on Krutrim, our clients will have the scalability and performance to advance data lake use cases with confidence, empowering businesses to create and package cost-effective solutions on India’s own sovereign cloud,” he added.
Mayank Baid, Regional Vice President for India & South Asia at Cloudera, emphasized the strategic alignment between the two companies: “Krutrim’s vision to create a robust AI infrastructure for India aligns perfectly with Cloudera’s mission to enable trusted enterprise AI through data. With Ola Group already running mission-critical workloads on this stack, we’re excited about co-developing a solution framework that can scale to the broader enterprise market in India.”
Baid also highlighted that the collaboration positions Cloudera as a preferred partner for data-driven transformation in India’s rapidly evolving technology ecosystem, while reinforcing Krutrim’s commitment to building India-first cloud solutions for enterprises.
Advancing India’s AI Agenda
The partnership arrives at a pivotal moment for India’s AI ambitions. As enterprises increasingly seek sovereign cloud solutions to ensure data security, compliance, and localization, Krutrim’s infrastructure — powered by Cloudera — offers an attractive proposition.
By providing the ability to process vast datasets in real time, the platform enables organizations to derive actionable insights faster, improve decision-making, and maintain stronger compliance with data privacy regulations. This is especially important for regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and government services.
Krutrim’s adoption of Cloudera’s platform for the Ola Group demonstrates the model’s scalability and security in high-demand environments. From optimizing ride-hailing operations to enhancing electric mobility services, Ola is using the system to extract business value from diverse data streams at scale.
Krutrim intends to replicate this success across industries, offering AI-powered data lake solutions to sectors including retail, manufacturing, and education. The platform’s vertically integrated AI capabilities also open the door for innovation in generative AI, natural language processing, and real-time analytics — all within India’s sovereign data boundaries.
The Cloudera-Krutrim partnership underscores the growing importance of localized AI infrastructure in enabling enterprise digital transformation. By combining global-grade technology with India-focused design, the collaboration seeks to empower businesses to not only adopt AI but to innovate confidently within a secure, compliant framework.
As Krutrim expands access to its AI-native cloud and Cloudera continues to refine its enterprise data platform for the Indian market, the alliance could become a cornerstone in shaping India’s AI-powered economic growth over the next decade.
