India AI Impact Summit 2026 : Tata Sons Chief N Chandrasekaran on Thursday described Artificial Intelligence as the “biggest opportunity” for the technology sector and the IT industry. Along with this, he also told about Tata Group’s big plan to include AI in its business. Talking about the group’s strategy, the Chairman of Tata Sons said that AI is the biggest opportunity for the tech sector and IT industry. AI will drastically transform public services and enterprise operations. This will have a huge impact on public service delivery. The real value of the IT industry is the context and understanding of each enterprise.
Global cooperation needed for big goals
Explaining the group’s roadmap, N Chandrasekaran said that Tata Group is integrating Artificial Intelligence across the entire technology stack. Tata Group is adopting AI across the entire stack, from silicon to systems, AI-ready data centers, applications and AI agents. He further said that this big goal will require global cooperation. For this we will have to work with well-known partners in India and around the world.
Announcing a major partnership, Chandrasekaran said, “I am happy to share that we have partnered with OpenAI to expand the first 100 MW capacity to 1GW.” This collaboration signals the group’s intention to significantly expand its AI infrastructure capacity.
He also talked about plans for a data-driven AI platform based on India’s diversity. He said, “We are building an AI data insights platform. What we are building is based on different Indian datasets, so that intelligence is available in different Indian data sets.”
Plan to bring industry-specific AI solutions
Apart from this, Tata Group is also working on plans to bring industry-specific AI solutions. Chandrasekaran said, “We will create agentic industry solutions for all industries. The focus will be on creating AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making according to different sectors”.
AI will prove to be a huge growth driver for the IT industry
Emphasizing his point, Chandrasekaran said that Artificial Intelligence will prove to be a huge growth driver for the IT industry. Contextual knowledge and understanding of the enterprise will be most important for value creation in the era of AI.
Announcing a multi-layered strategic partnership with OpenAI
Tata Consultancy Services, the IT services arm of the Tata Group, on February 19 announced a multi-layered strategic partnership with OpenAI. This will accelerate the adoption of Artificial Intelligence in enterprise, consumer platforms and social impact programs in India and international markets.
The alliance will focus on driving AI-driven innovation across Tata Group companies, launching joint go-to-market initiatives for global clients and building large-scale AI infrastructure in India.
Under this agreement, several thousand Tata Group employees will be given access to enterprise ChatGPT to increase productivity and drive innovation. TCS will also integrate OpenAI’s Codex tools into its workflow to improve software development efficiency and engineering outcomes.
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