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CHANDRA: AI BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY FOR IT
Financial Express Pune
|February 20, 2026
TCS-OPEN AI PARTNERSHIP A MILESTONE IN INDIA’S VISION TO BE GLOBAL AI LEADER
THE TATA GROUP on Thursday outlined an expanded artificial intelligence (AI) playbook spanning chips, industry AI platforms and infrastructure, even as it announced a strategic partnership with Open AI to scale up enterprise adoption and internal productivity tools.
AI will have huge impact on public services delivery as well as enterprises around the world, Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran said during his keynote at the India AI Impact Summit. “It is, in my opinion, the biggest opportunity for the tech sector and the IT industry,” he added.
This story is from the February 20, 2026 edition of Financial Express Pune.
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