Businesses and developers in India can now process supported AI requests within the country through the OpenAI API. The new capability is initially available for the GPT-6 Luna model and aims to help organisations meet requirements for local data processing.
The company said the launch builds on its existing data residency options in India, giving businesses greater control over where their information is stored and processed.
“Some Indian businesses have not fully deployed AI for important work because they need the information involved to be processed within the country,” said Nitin Bawankule, Head of Enterprise – India, OpenAI.
“Local inference gives them more control over where supported workloads run and helps address a practical barrier to adoption. It gives more businesses a way to put OpenAI’s tools to work, and gives Indian developers and startups more scope to build for their own, and enterprise needs.”
AI requests and model processing stay in India
The new offering extends data residency beyond storage. For supported workloads, both API request processing and the model computations used to generate responses take place in India. Supported customer content is also stored within the country.
This allows organisations to use AI for text-based tasks such as summarising documents, drafting responses and helping employees analyse information.
Earlier this year, OpenAI introduced its OpenAI for India initiative, covering AI infrastructure, enterprise adoption, skills development and local partnerships. The initiative included a partnership with Tata Group to develop domestic AI data centre capacity.
OpenAI recently introduced a similar data residency capability for selected models on AWS Bedrock. The latest API launch is another step towards expanding AI access for organisations developing and operating in India.
Supported APIs and how to get started
The launch currently covers direct API usage, with local processing available for GPT-6 Luna inputs and outputs through the Responses and Chat Completions APIs.
Customers can get started by creating a new API project, selecting India for both data storage and processing, and using the corresponding India regional endpoint.
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