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Delhi based Innefu Labs, a vendor for Indian defence and intelligence, will research drone forensics and zero trust AI security architectures (systems that verify every access request rather than trust internal networks) with public Indian
Delhi-based AI vendor Innefu Labs has signed a research memorandum of understanding with the Institute Incubation and Innovation Council (I3C) at IIT Jammu, publishing a six-item scope list that the company is presenting as the seed of an Indian sovereign-AI research program for national security.
The MoU, reported by ANI and republished by the Texas Guardian, names six capability areas: intelligence-fusion AI, secure system design and zero-trust architectures (systems that verify every access request rather than trust internal networks), identity and key management, AI-based cyber forensics, drone forensics (analyzing drone hardware and software for intelligence use), and open-source intelligence analysis across the deep and dark web. IIT Jammu holds the "Institute of National Importance" designation, placing it under direct central-government oversight.
Innefu CEO Tarun Wig said the partnership is intended to lay "foundational research" for sovereign-AI capability inside Indian institutions, rather than "incremental improvements to existing tools." The company self-describes as "India's pioneering Sovereign AI-native Company for National Security," serving defence, intelligence, and law-enforcement agencies.
The public record rests entirely on Innefu's self-description. The wire does not quote IIT Jammu or I3C, names no deployed or piloted system, and discloses no MoU timeline, funding figure, deliverable schedule, or IP terms. Until a counterparty statement or independent reporting lands, the release remains a research wishlist rather than a capability unveiling.