Key Points:

• BUD and NxtGen have entered into a strategic engagement to collaborate on delivering a comprehensive AI suite on the NxtGen cloud stack.
  
• BUD’s AI Foundry will enable NxtGen to deliver innovative offerings such as Model-as-a-Service, Token-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Outcome-as-a-Service.
  
• NxtGen has recently introduced ‘M,’ an open-source AI platform positioned as India’s alternative to ChatGPT, powered by the BUD Stack.

NxtGen, India’s sovereign cloud leader renowned for its secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure and a qualified cloud service provider for the India AI mission, has partnered with Bengaluru-based Bud Ecosystem, the innovator behind a hardware-agnostic generative AI software stack, to bring affordable, turnkey GenAI solutions to enterprises across the country. This collaboration is specifically designed to overcome the twin barriers of high infrastructure costs and scarce in‑house AI expertise that have slowed generative AI adoption.

As per the partnership MoU, NxtGen will collaborate with Bud to integrate its flagship AI Foundry into NxtGen’s cloud offerings, enabling customers to provision and manage GenAI workloads through a single, intuitive interface. This integration will allow end customers to avoid relying on a disparate collection of tools, such as performance optimization tools, model registries, compliance checkers, security controls, workflow orchestrators, and analytics dashboards, by delivering all these capabilities through one cohesive platform.

NxtGen recently announced “M,” a next-generation open AI platform designed to transform human intent into real-world outcomes through intelligent, agentic workflows. Positioned as India’s alternative to ChatGPT, “M” delivers sovereign, high-performance AI powered entirely by open systems and hosted on India’s most advanced AI infrastructure. The platform is powered by the Bud Stack.

By simplifying the full lifecycle management of GenAI deployments, Bud AI Foundry ensures enterprises can easily adopt GenAI without vendor lock‑in or steep learning curves.

Most organizations that lack on‑premises AI hardware have been forced to choose between the premium pricing of global cloud providers—often prohibitive for mid‑market players—and the complexity of building bespoke AI clusters in‑house. By combining Bud’s software, which is tuned for cost‑effective infrastructure utilization, with NxtGen’s competitively priced sovereign cloud services, the alliance offers a third way: a pay‑as‑you‑go GenAI environment featuring model‑as‑a‑service capabilities and outcome‑based pricing that undercuts the total cost of ownership on AWS, Azure, or GCP while delivering enterprise‑grade performance.

Additionally, the joint solution integrates Bud’s hardware-agnostic inference stack for scalable LLM deployment, Bud’s pre-built agents that provide ready-to-use AI capabilities for common business tasks, and the Bud Jr Model Catalogue, which offers compact, efficient models optimized for enterprise and edge deployments.

Beyond software integration, the two companies are committing joint resources to the research and development of India‑focused language models and industry‑specific AI agents. Finance, healthcare, manufacturing, e‑commerce and other verticals will benefit from domain‑specialized SLMs and autonomous agents that understand local regulatory frameworks, linguistic nuances, and sector workflows. This R&D initiative underscores the partners’ shared vision of democratizing advanced AI, tailoring it to the unique needs of Indian businesses, and fostering domestic leadership in generative AI innovation.

About NxtGen
NxtGen is India’s leading sovereign cloud provider, offering enterprises a secure, scalable, and compliant infrastructure across public, private, and industry-focused clouds. With strategically located data centers and an unwavering commitment to data sovereignty, NxtGen empowers organizations of all sizes to accelerate digital transformation and maintain full control over their mission‑critical workloads.

About Bud Ecosystem
Bud Ecosystem pioneers hardware‑agnostic generative AI software designed to simplify model deployment, optimization, and governance. Its AI Foundry platform unifies the full spectrum of GenAI capabilities—performance tuning, model cataloging, security, compliance, observability, orchestration, and analytics—into a single, user‑friendly control plane.