Pahi Mehra

From sovereign AI platforms to sector-specific models, this week saw a flurry of enterprise AI announcements across India and beyond. IBM and Yotta teamed up to build a compliant AI platform for Indian organisations; LTM and Uniphore announced a tie-up to build industry-specific AI models and agents; Samsung outlined its enterprise push in India through connected ecosystems; and Sterlite Technologies committed up to $100 million to expand manufacturing capacity in the US.

Nagarro and Addverb Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly build and deploy robotic automation solutions and digital twins for warehouse and industrial customers worldwide.

India's digital economy runs on cloud infrastructure, much of it owned and operated outside its borders. For years, that was an acceptable trade-off. But as AI systems begin carrying sensitive business logic, citizen data, and critical national services, the question of who controls that infrastructure is getting harder to ignore. In a conversation with TechCircle, Pradipt Kapoor, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Bharti Airtel and CEO of Xtelify, argues that the shift from compliance-on-paper to control-by-design is no longer optional, it's the next competitive frontier.

Zoho Corporation has invested ₹70 crore in the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), directing capital toward the expansion of India's open digital commerce infrastructure.

As enterprises across India accelerate investment in automation, a practical question persists: where does the human worker fit? For Zebra Technologies, the answer is embedded in its product strategy. Ryan Goh, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Global OEM, and Subramaniam Thiruppathi, Country Lead for ISC, recently outlined where automation is gaining traction in India, and what is holding it back.

India's manufacturing sector is undergoing a quiet but decisive transformation. What once lived in the domain of IT departments and engineering teams has now become a boardroom conversation. Swapnil Deosthali, Head of Digital Industries at Siemens Limited, spoke to TechCircle about where Indian manufacturers stand today, what global customers now demand, and why the convergence of sustainability and digital technology is reshaping how factories operate and compete.

From AI-powered retail to river mapping with drones, India's tech sector closed the week with a string of deals and investments that signal where enterprise priorities are headed. Here's a rundown of the week's key moves.

New Delhi, May 18 -- As India accelerates into an AI-first era, the gap between enterprise ambition and infrastructure reality is widening.

The cloud was once largely viewed as a tool for reducing infrastructure costs and improving operational efficiency. Today, as enterprises move beyond AI pilots and begin scaling deployments, cloud strategies are being reshaped around intelligence, data and AI readiness. In a conversation with TechCircle, Sunil Golani, Cloud Solutions Head at Ingram Micro, spoke about how AI is changing cloud adoption, the rise of multi-cloud strategies, India's growing AI opportunity and what will define winners in the next phase of enterprise transformation. Edited excerpts:

As India accelerates into an AI-first era, the gap between enterprise ambition and infrastructure reality is widening. In a conversation with TechCircle,...