India’s Tata Consultancy Services plans up to 8,900 AI deployment engineers, seeks AI acquisitions

BENGALURU: 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 business rather than undermine outsourcing, two TCS executives told Reuters.

The strategy emerges ‌amid investor concern ⁠that ⁠AI could disrupt India’s $315 billion IT services industry by reducing demand for engineering teams, shortening project timelines and squeezing prices as clients seek a share of productivity gains.