Infosys and Meta Deepen Their Strategic Partnership to Promote Generative AI Innovation

Nitin Konde, Varun Bhardwaj

Oct 25, 2024 — 2 min read

Infosys and Meta Strengthen Partnership to Drive Generative AI Innovation

The multinational technology company Meta and Infosys, a pioneer in next-generation digital services and consulting, bolstered their partnership on October 23, 2024, to promote generative AI innovation through open-source projects. Infosys is a firm believer in democratising AI and is a major supporter of open-source software. By utilising Meta's Llama stack, a collection of open-source big language models and tools, Infosys is propelling notable progress in artificial intelligence and encouraging creativity in several sectors.

Infosys has announced a Meta centre of excellence (COE) aimed at boosting enterprise AI integration while facilitating internal adoption and contributions to open-source communities in order to promote innovation and hasten the implementation of Meta's Llama stack. In order to facilitate customers' smooth adoption of the Llama stack, this centre will create use cases tailored to the industry, enable a sizable skill pool on the Llama stack, and work closely with Meta.

Integrating the Llama Models With Infosys Topaz

As a pioneer in open-source AI innovation, Infosys is a launch partner and early adopter of the Llama 3.1 and 3.2 models. By combining the Llama models with Infosys Topaz, an AI-first suite of platforms, services, and solutions that use generative AI technology, Infosys is developing cutting-edge AI solutions to boost business value for companies all around the world.

One such innovation is the Llama-powered document assistant service, which, when compared to conventional ways, helps evaluate contracts more quickly and effectively, yielding notable productivity increases.

AI Experience Zone for Meta

Additionally, Infosys built a special AI Experience Zone for Meta at its Bengaluru campus as part of the COE. Customers will be able to witness firsthand cutting-edge enterprise AI innovations created by Infosys Topaz in partnership with Meta's Llama technology in the state-of-the-art zone.

According to Balakrishna D. R. (Bali), Executive Vice President, Global Services Head, AI and Industry Verticals, Infosys, open-source innovation is essential to developing significant digital solutions that boost productivity and growth while levelling the playing field for all companies. The partnership with Meta demonstrates the company's steadfast dedication to advancing corporate AI technology, including Gen AI, and encouraging cross-industry innovation. By incorporating Meta's Llama family of models into Infosys Topaz, Infosys is utilising transparency and teamwork to make AI impactful and accessible for all types of enterprises.

According to Sandhya Devanathan, Vice President and Head of Meta India, the company is excited to expand its partnership with Infosys, which is a prime example of the strategic significance of open-source AI development. The incorporation of Llama into Infosys Topaz is evidence of the innovative potential of AI to spur innovation and enable companies to fully utilise AI to revolutionise their operations. Enterprises will undergo a revolution thanks to open-source models like Llama, which will accelerate their digital transformation and allow them to grow, innovate, and compete on a global scale.