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GCC CSR spending in India hits ₹3,661 crore, but only 4% backs innovation

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By Ankitt Y, ENN World | 9 October 2026 – Global capability centres now fund 9% of India’s corporate philanthropy. A new Sattva study shows the money is growing fast, staying in big cities, and rarely tapping the tech skills these centres are built on. India’s global capability centres are among the country’s most technology-rich … Read more

Cognizant Extends Gilead Sciences Partnership for Five Years to Advance DevOps and Agentic AI

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October 8, 2026, India –  Cognizant has announced a five-year extension of its collaboration with Gilead Sciences, expanding its role in supporting the biopharmaceutical company’s technology environment, DevOps capabilities and selected applications of agentic artificial intelligence. Under the extended agreement, Cognizant will support Gilead’s continued development of DevOps capabilities and the responsible use of agentic … Read more

LTM Expands Google Cloud Collaboration to Accelerate Gemini Enterprise Adoption

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Mumbai, 7 October 2026: LTM has announced an expanded collaboration with Google Cloud aimed at helping enterprises accelerate the adoption of Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and scale AI-powered solutions across their organizations. The collaboration combines Gemini Enterprise’s AI capabilities with LTM’s industry expertise, engineering talent and global delivery capabilities to help businesses move from experimental … Read more

Gradiant Expands India Operations With New Leadership and Five Water Infrastructure Contracts

(L-R) Govind Alagappan, COO, Gradiant; Ravichandran Nachiappan, Director of Global Operations, Gradiant; and Hari Prasad, Managing Director – India, Gradiant, at the inauguration of Gradiant's expanded Global Engineering

7 October 2026 – Water technology company Gradiant is expanding its presence in India with a new country leadership appointment, five new design-build contracts across semiconductor, printed circuit board (PCB) and solar manufacturing, and plans to increase its India workforce by more than 40% this year. The company has appointed Hari Prasad as Managing Director, … Read more

Gnani AI Launches Ascent Partner Program to Accelerate Sovereign Enterprise AI Adoption

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Gnani AI has launched Gnani Ascent, a flagship partner program designed to accelerate the adoption of sovereign, frontier-grade AI across enterprises and help businesses move from AI experimentation to production. As enterprises increasingly transition from AI pilots to real-world deployments, the challenge is shifting from access to AI capabilities to integrating intelligence into existing systems, … Read more

Tech Mahindra Expands Agentic AI Capabilities With Google Cloud Partnership

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6, October, 2026, India- Tech Mahindra is expanding its agentic AI readiness through its partnership with Google Cloud, with a focus on scaling hands-on expertise in Gemini Enterprise across its global workforce. The initiative is designed to strengthen Tech Mahindra’s ability to help enterprise customers transition from AI experimentation to production-ready deployment and adoption. The … Read more

Infosys and Columbia University Launch Strategic Collaboration Across Deep Research to Drive Innovation and Unlock Business Value

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Infosys today announced a strategic collaboration with Columbia University to foster the development and utilization of applications in artificial intelligence technologies. The collaboration also includes a research center, the Infosys Topaz – Columbia University Enterprise AI Center, led by Columbia Engineering and designed to help Infosys’ customers accelerate their AI-first innovations and drive responsible deployment of generative … Read more

Databricks Acquires Row Zero to Bring Governed Spreadsheets to Enterprise AI

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SAN FRANCISCO — September 24, 2026: Databricks has acquired Row Zero, a spreadsheet platform designed to help business users and AI agents work directly with enterprise data. The acquisition is expected to expand the capabilities of Genie, Databricks’ AI coworker, by adding a familiar spreadsheet environment where teams can explore data, build models and collaborate … Read more

NEC India and WingArc1st Expand Strategic Partnership to Bring Data Empowerment Solutions to India

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Published: September 22, 2026 | 8:50 PM IST – NEC Corporation India Pvt. Ltd. and WingArc1st Inc. have expanded their strategic collaboration in India following the execution of a Master Distribution Agreement (MDA) between NEC India and WingArc Singapore Pte. Ltd., a WingArc1st group company. Under the agreement, NEC India will make WingArc1st’s data empowerment … Read more

Hyderabad’s quiet arithmetic: 515 global capability centres, and 50 to 70 more on the way

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HYDERABAD, September 14: Hyderabad now hosts 515 global capability centres employing more than three lakh people, and expects to add another 50 to 70 within the next twelve months, according to Hyderabad: The Rise of a Global Capability Powerhouse, a joint study released by FICCI and property consultancy Anarock. The figures are current to March … Read more

BFSI Drives India’s GCC Office Leasing in H1 2026, Knight Frank Data Shows

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New Delhi, India, September 4, 2026 – India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) ecosystem is undergoing a notable shift, with Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) companies emerging as the largest source of office leasing demand in the first half of 2026, according to data from Knight Frank India. BFSI companies leased approximately 7.32 million sq. … Read more

Tech Mahindra Launches AWS Agentic AI Center of Excellence to Scale Enterprise AI

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NEW DELHI, September 3, 2026: Tech Mahindra has announced the launch of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Agentic Process Transformation (APT) Center of Excellence (CoE), a strategic initiative aimed at helping enterprises move beyond artificial intelligence experimentation and deploy scalable, outcome-driven Agentic AI solutions. The new Center of Excellence brings together Tech Mahindra Business Process … Read more

Deloitte Acquires Wavicle Data Solutions to Accelerate Enterprise AI and Databricks Capabilities

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NEW YORK, September 2, 2026 — Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the assets of Wavicle Data Solutions, a data and AI engineering organization known for its Databricks practice, in a move designed to expand Deloitte’s ability to help businesses build the data foundations required for enterprise AI at scale. The acquisition brings Wavicle’s technical … Read more

Kepler Aerospace Raises $8 Million to Scale Swarming ISR Satellites and Space Infrastructure

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September 1, 2026, Bengaluru, India – Indian space technology company Kepler Aerospace has raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its space-based Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and scale its space infrastructure businesses. The round was led by Blue Ashva Capital and co-led by Finvolve India Accelerator, along with other investors. The funding … Read more

NVIDIA and MediaTek Deepen Long-Standing Partnership to Build AI Edge to Cloud Computing Platforms

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August 31, 2026 – NVIDIA and MediaTek are significantly expanding their longstanding technology partnership, targeting the next generation of AI computing platforms across data-center infrastructure, local AI systems and automotive applications. As part of the expanded collaboration, MediaTek will adopt NVIDIA NVLink Fusion as a foundation for developing custom AI accelerators, giving hyperscalers, cloud service … Read more

Jio Haptik Appoints Adarsh as Enterprise Business Head to Accelerate Global AI Growth

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Mumbai | August 31, 2026 -Jio Haptik has appointed Adarsh as Enterprise Business Head, effective August 2026, as the conversational and enterprise AI company looks to accelerate growth across international markets. In his new role, Adarsh will oversee Jio Haptik’s enterprise business, including sales, customer success, partnerships and international expansion. His mandate will focus on … Read more

India’s Enterprise AI Story Is Moving From Experimentation to Execution

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New Delhi | August 31, 2026 – India’s enterprise artificial intelligence landscape is entering a new phase. After two years dominated by pilot projects, proofs of concept and early experimentation, businesses are increasingly moving toward production-grade AI deployment across core functions. Data from the NASSCOM AI Adoption Index 2.0 indicates that 87% of Indian enterprises … Read more

Salesforce and Anthropic Launch Claudeforce to Bring Agentic AI Into Enterprise CRM

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San Francisco, California, August 26, 2026 – Salesforce and Anthropic are expanding their strategic partnership with Claudeforce, a new initiative designed to combine Anthropic’s Claude AI with Salesforce’s enterprise data, workflows, business logic and governance. Announced on August 26, 2026, the partnership aims to move enterprise AI beyond answering questions and generating content toward reasoning, … Read more

India’s 5,000-GCC Target Needs Double the Current Pace

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Delhi wants India to support 5,000 Global Capability Centres by 2030. The ambition is enormous. The bigger question is whether the current pace of expansion is fast enough to get there. India’s Global Capability Centre (GCC) story has moved well beyond the old outsourcing narrative. These centres are increasingly becoming engineering, product, artificial intelligence, data … Read more

Kyndryl and Bridgepath Partner to Help Enterprises Build AI-Native Global Capability Centers

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BENGALURU, August 25, 2026: Kyndryl and Bridgepath Innovations have announced a collaboration aimed at helping enterprises design, build, operate and scale AI-native Global Capability Centers (GCCs). The partnership focuses on helping organizations move beyond traditional GCC models by embedding artificial intelligence into delivery, operations and governance. As enterprises increasingly use AI to redesign global technology … Read more