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Noida, UP: India’s leading IT major HCL Technologies’ shares have jumped more than 5% in early morning trades on July 3 following reports of a $1.14 billion AI transformation deal signed with an unnamed Fortune Global 50 enterprise. For HCL Tech, this remains a strong comeback as its shares have fallen almost 33% in the last one year, with the markets responding positively to the news.
The deal involves constructing, deploying, and maintaining an enterprise-wide AI framework for the client, with the contract commencing in July 2026 and running until December 2031, with an option to extend for an additional five years.
HCLTech has witnessed slowing growth lately, as the IT sector has taken time to embrace AI led solutions. Along with that, global IT spending has slowed as enterprises have hesitated to sign massive, multi-year digital deals due to macroeconomic uncertainties. The Indian IT sector has had to fundamentally realign its business model as the traditional labour cost arbitrage has been replaced by automation-enhanced solutions.
The IT industry has also had to contend with the rise of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) established by their own clients as they compete for the best talent in the industry. The decline in the IT sector has been a persistent challenge, with the broader Nifty IT index falling more than 17% in the past 5 years as the leading players in the IT industry have had to embrace AI and slow down mass hiring being undertaken for the better part of the 2010s.
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