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As artificial intelligence reshapes the technology industry, HCL Technologies (HCLTech) CEO and Managing Director C Vijayakumar has said the sector has reached another "inflection point" with AI, and that the future belongs not necessarily to the largest, but those willing to keep reinventing themselves. He made the remarks in a LinkedIn post marking ten years since he took charge of the IT services major. Vijayakumar described a decade as a long time in the technology industry, during which industries have been reinvented, business models disrupted, and the boundaries of what is possible have shifted repeatedly. Looking ahead, he tied the company's path directly to the AI moment. "Today as AI reshapes our industry, we are once again at an inflection point," he wrote. He added that his firm belief has been that the future belongs not necessarily to the biggest, but to those willing to continually reinvent themselves. "That conviction has never been stronger," he wrote, adding tha
IT services major HCL Technologies on Monday announced that its software business division, HCLSoftware, will acquire Croatia-based enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) platform provider Robotiq.ai in an all-cash deal valued at an enterprise value of 9 million euro (about Rs 98 crore). The transaction will be executed via HCL Technologies Austria GmbH, a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of HCLTech, which will acquire 100 per cent outstanding equity in the firm, according to a regulatory filing. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of November 2026. HCLSoftware is seeing increasing enterprise demand for AI systems capable of both reasoning and executing tasks reliably within complex business environments, HCLTech said. By incorporating enterprise RPA capabilities from Robotiq.ai, AI-driven workflows can now automate tasks in applications lacking adequate or available APIs. "We built Robotiq.ai on a simple belief -- automation should be useful, fast to depl
IT services major HCLTech on Friday said it has secured a USD 1.14 billion deal from a Europe-headquartered Fortune Global 50 company to transform and manage its digital workplace and enterprise networks. HCLTech did not disclose the name of the firm. Under the partnership, HCLTech will establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven operating model for the client, according to a regulatory filing. The initial term of the agreement spans five-and-a-half years, from July 2026 to December 2031, with an option to extend the partnership for a further period of five years. "The estimated value of the agreement during the initial term is USD 1.14 billion. This is entirely a net new business for the company," HCLTech said.