BENGALURU, Dec 11 : India is quickly emerging as a proving ground for the next generation of artificial intelligence, and Microsoft is making a big bet on it.
The tech giant has announced strategic partnerships with leading IT companies Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, and Wipro to deploy over 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses across the country.
The move sets a new benchmark for enterprise-scale AI adoption and comes as part of Microsoft’s $17.5 billion investment plan in AI and cloud infrastructure in India by 2029. More importantly, it aligns with the company’s broader vision of India becoming the largest GitHub community in the world by 2030 – a signal that the country is not just consuming AI but actively shaping it.
Speaking at a keynote in Bengaluru, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasised that this deployment is far more than a technology rollout. “There is great momentum in India in terms of AI and agentic AI applications getting deployed,” he said.
He highlighted that the real goal is to empower builders – developers, engineers, and organisations – to innovate at scale, assign intelligent tasks to AI agents, generate actionable insights, and ultimately transform real-world outcomes.
At the heart of this initiative is Microsoft 365’s co-pilot experience. Across applications like Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams, intelligent agents are embedded into the tools employees use daily. W
hether it’s running deep research with Researcher with Co-pilot, analyzing complex spreadsheets using agent mode in Excel, or orchestrating multiple agents to tackle a business workflow, the technology is designed to accelerate decision-making and drive measurable impact.
Microsoft is also pushing the concept of agent factories and the IQ factory framework. Agent factories allow organisations to create, deploy, and manage AI agents tailored for specific tasks. The IQ factory framework – which includes work IQ, fabric IQ, and foundry IQ – feeds these agents with contextual organizational data, enabling them to perform multi-hop reasoning, advanced decision-making, and deliver actionable insights.
Developer tools such as GitHub, Visual Studio, and GitHub Codespaces play a key role in this ecosystem. Indian developers can now build multi-agent workflows, integrate thousands of AI models, and implement decision frameworks that were once limited to experimental labs. Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India & South Asia, said, “Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, and Wipro aren’t just embracing AI – they’re setting the global pace. These enterprises are moving beyond experimentation to full-scale deployment, embedding Microsoft Copilot into the fabric of everyday work. This bold adoption is inspiring a new era of enterprise transformation.”
For India, the implications are profound. The country is not merely a user of AI but a testbed and contributor to next-generation technologies. Large-scale deployments like these strengthen India’s role in the global tech ecosystem, enable innovation in sectors ranging from healthcare to finance, and empower local developers and enterprises to build world-class AI solutions. As Nadella’s vision unfolds, India’s tech landscape is poised to become a hub where AI, entrepreneurship, and real-world impact intersect.
(UNI)
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