, in collaboration with V-Spark, a manufacturing deep-tech incubator, hosted MetALverse, a tech showcase in Jharsuguda of Odisha recently. The company also announced partnerships with several technology providers, including OpenAI, Microsoft and SAP.
A media statement said that together they will deploy innovative, multi-pronged solutions to cumulatively unlock up to ₹2,100 crore in value through the enhanced adoption of AI, digitalisation and automation technologies across Vedanta Aluminium’s operations.
The partnerships will focus on evaluating, piloting and scaling next-generation solutions across Vedanta Aluminium’s operations. The value opportunity of ₹2,100 crore will be achieved through the integration of innovative solutions for enhanced plant productivity, cost optimisation, asset reliability and sustainability initiatives across Vedanta Aluminium’s integrated value chain.
Identified partners
The identified partners include OpenAI for generative AI and intelligent agents; Microsoft for cloud, AI and enterprise transformation; SAP for integrated enterprise processes; AVEVA for industrial data, digital twins and advanced analytics; Rockwell Automation for smart manufacturing and control systems; Thoughtworks for digital engineering; and Fives for aluminium process technologies and carbon plant optimisation.
The company has also partnered with deep-tech innovators including Ripik.AI for industrial vision and process optimisation; XYMA for high-temperature asset monitoring; Faclon for industrial intelligence and connected manufacturing; DesignX for AI-enabled factory workflows; DigitalPaani for industrial water optimisation; AutoVRse for immersive workforce training; Enmovil for AI-led logistics; and ideaForge for drone-based industrial intelligence.
These collaborations will focus on technical evaluation, data integration, pilot deployment and scale-up potential. Through its V-Spark innovation ecosystem, the company aims to rapidly validate and deploy solutions that strengthen productivity, safety, sustainability, asset reliability and operational decision-making.
At present, Vedanta Aluminium is actively collaborating with nearly 70 startups under the programme, spanning one of the world’s largest alumina refineries in Lanjigarh of Odisha, the world’s largest single-location aluminium plant in Jharsuguda of Odisha, and India’s iconic aluminium producer, BALCO, in Korba of Chhattisgarh, it said.
Quoting Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Non-Executive Director of Vedanta Limited and Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc, the media statement said: “India’s manufacturing sector is entering a defining decade. The future will belong to companies that combine scale with intelligence, sustainability and the courage to rethink what is possible. At Vedanta Aluminium, we see AI as a catalyst for that transformation, with human intelligence providing the judgement and direction behind it. We are bringing together the best minds across industry and technology because we don’t want to simply make today’s plants better. We want to build the metal of the future, using the technologies of the future.”
Akarsh Hebbar, Non-Executive Vice Chairman of Vedanta Aluminium and Chairman of V-Spark DeepTech Ventures, said: “The greatest opportunity in industrial innovation lies in deploying new technologies at scale to create measurable business value. Vedanta Aluminium, as one of the top producers of the metal of the future globally, provides the expansive operating footprint, technical depth and determination to industrialise breakthrough solutions, while V-Spark is the engine that identifies, validates and accelerates these technologies from concept to enterprise-wide deployment. We aim to partner with several industrial solutions to scale and transform creative innovation into tangible productivity gains, stronger sustainability, enhanced reliability and significant value creation.”