Background: India’s Push for Sovereign AI and Cloud Infrastructure

India’s digital strategy has increasingly focused on sovereign technology frameworks that ensure sensitive data remains within national boundaries and comply with domestic regulatory controls. In this context, sovereign cloud platforms — cloud environments designed to operate fully under Indian jurisdiction — have emerged as a cornerstone for secure and autonomous digital transformation.

Amid rising global adoption of AI, concerns over data residency, privacy, auditability and compliance with local laws have intensified, particularly for mission-critical industries such as legal services, finance, healthcare and government. The partnership between L&T-Vyoma and Lexlegis.ai aims to address these challenges by combining sovereign cloud infrastructure with advanced AI capabilities tailored for legal workflows.

Strategic Collaboration Overview

On 23 February 2026, L&T Group’s sovereign cloud business Larsen & Toubro-Vyoma formally announced a strategic partnership with Lexlegis.ai, a platform specialising in AI-powered legal and regulatory intelligence. The objective is to deploy Lexlegis.ai’s legal AI solutions on Vyoma’s sovereign cloud infrastructure, enabling secure and compliant access to AI-based legal insights for enterprises and institutions handling sensitive and regulated data.

Under the agreement:

1. Lexlegis.ai’s legal AI platform will be hosted and operated exclusively on Vyoma’s sovereign cloud.
2. All legal and regulatory data processed will remain within India, aligning with national data governance and regulatory frameworks.
3. The combined offering supports critical enterprise requirements including data residency, privacy, cybersecurity and auditability.

Key Features and Capabilities

The joint solution is designed to deliver a wide range of AI-enhanced legal intelligence services, including:

1. AI-Powered Legal Research: Automated retrieval and interpretation of statutes, case law and legal documents to augment human legal research workflows.
2. Regulatory Intelligence: Dynamic analysis of policy updates, compliance requirements and evolving regulatory landscapes.
3. Drafting and Analysis Support: Tools to assist with legal drafting, summarisation and document insights based on advanced natural language processing.
4. Security & Compliance: Enterprise-grade safeguards that ensure confidentiality, integrity and compliance with Indian regulations.

By hosting these capabilities on a sovereign cloud, the partnership ensures that organisations can embrace AI-driven legal analytics without the risk of data exposure to external jurisdictions or third-party control.

Leadership Perspectives

Leaders from both organisations have underscored the importance of trusted and compliant AI deployment:

1. Seema Ambastha, Chief Executive of L&T-Vyoma, highlighted that legal and regulatory information represents some of the most sensitive data for enterprises and institutions. Hosting legal AI on a sovereign platform, she stated, enables secure and compliant utilisation of AI technology.
2. Saakar Yadav, Founder of Lexlegis.ai, emphasised that trust and security are paramount for legal AI adoption, especially among large enterprises and regulated sectors. The collaboration with Vyoma, he noted, aligns with stringent standards for security and governance.

Source:economictimesGPT.