Overview
- Microsoft launched the platform publicly at its AI Tour in Mumbai, with Satya Nadella and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis highlighting its role in AI-driven governance.
- MahaCrimeOS AI is currently operational in 23 police stations in Nagpur, with officials outlining an expansion to all 1,100 stations across Maharashtra.
- The system was developed by CyberEye with the state’s MARVEL SPV and Microsoft India Development Center, and it runs on Azure OpenAI Service and Microsoft Foundry.
- Capabilities include instant digital case creation, multilingual data extraction, contextual legal guidance, automated workflows, case-linking and open-source intelligence for analysing digital evidence.
- State and company officials cited India’s surge in cybercrime—over 3.6 million incidents in 2024—as the driver for adoption, and the event also featured Microsoft’s $17.5 billion India commitment and Maharashtra’s Brookfield GCC plan.