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Indian IT Firms Adopt AI Agents at Scale
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Top Indian IT outsourcers Cognizant, Infosys, HCLTech and Wipro in late January announced partnerships with specialist AI-agent firms—Factory, Cursor, Cognition and Typeface—to deploy agents for software development, data analysis and marketing. Companies report production-scale adoption and better client economics but warn of potential headcount shifts, especially in mid-layer, task-oriented roles; some firms adjusted fresher hiring targets for FY26–27.
