India's Tata Consultancy Services Plans up to 8,900 AI Deployment Engineers, Seeks AI Acquisitions
TCS said the engineers would make up 1% to 1.5% of its workforce as it seeks acquisitions in AI, data security and cybersecurity.
- On July 12, Tata Consultancy Services announced plans to build a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed engineers and pursue acquisitions in AI, data security, and cybersecurity to strengthen its competitive position.
- Krithivasan dismissed concerns that AI would disrupt India's $315 billion IT services industry, arguing that clients require partners to integrate multiple AI models with existing systems and manage complex data flows.
- CFO Samir Seksaria stated the firm invests about $1 billion annually on talent development. Krithivasan said, "This has nothing to do with cost arbitrage," emphasizing deep customer knowledge as TCS's differentiator.
- While Krithivasan targets long-term quarterly growth of about 25%, annualised AI revenue growth slowed to 13% in the first quarter from 28% previously, signaling execution challenges ahead.
- The strategy positions TCS against tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft, which have similarly expanded hiring for forward-deployed engineers to help clients deploy AI tools effectively.
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India’s Tata Consultancy Services plans up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers, seeks AI acquisitions
By Sai Ishwarbharath B and Haripriya Suresh BENGALURU, July 12 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services is building a team of up to 8,900 forward-deployed engineers and hunting for AI acquisitions as it bets artificial intelligence will create new busines...
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