Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has introduced a new offering called TCS Generative AI as part of an expanded partnership with Google Cloud for enterprise customers.

According to the Indian IT firm, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution utilizes Google Cloud’s generative AI services to create and implement customized business solutions, enabling clients to harness the potential of this cutting-edge technology for accelerated growth and transformation.

With its extensive domain expertise across various industry verticals and substantial investments in research and innovation, Tata Consultancy Services has developed a wide range of AI-powered solutions and intellectual property in areas such as AIOps, Algo Retail, smart manufacturing, digital twins, and robotics.

Presently, Tata Consultancy Services is collaborating with clients from multiple industries to explore the application of generative AI in delivering value within their specific business contexts.

The TCS Generative AI offering is powered by Google Cloud’s advanced tools, including Vertex AI, Generative AI Application Builder, and Model Garden, along with TCS’s proprietary solutions.

Kevin Ichhpurani — Google Cloud Vice President of Global Partner Ecosystems and Channels said: “TCS’ expertise in business transformation and its commitment to train thousands of people on Google Cloud Generative AI will be important assets for businesses accelerating their generative AI adoption.

“TCS and Google Cloud will help address industry-specific challenges and opportunities with generative AI capabilities and solutions, with a focus on addressing real-world use cases and adding business value.”

Leveraging client-specific knowledge, proven design thinking, and agile development processes, Tata Consultancy Services is said to collaborate closely with clients to generate innovative ideas, rapidly prototype the most promising concepts, and deliver comprehensive transformation solutions with enhanced time-to-value.

These collaborative endeavors will leverage TCS Pace Ports, the company’s co-innovation hubs located in New York, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Amsterdam, and Tokyo. These hubs not only facilitate engagement with academic researchers and startup partners from Tata Consultancy Services’ extended innovation ecosystem but also serve as centers for joint ideation and solution development.

Tata Consultancy Services said that it has made significant investments in scaling its expertise in rapidly evolving cloud technologies and currently has over 25,000 engineers certified on Google Cloud. Additionally, the Indian IT company has trained more than 50,000 associates in AI, with plans to earn 40,000 skill badges in Google Cloud Generative AI within the year to meet the anticipated demand for its new offering.

Krishnan Ramanujam — Tata Consultancy Services President of Enterprise Growth Group said: “With deep contextual knowledge of our customers’ businesses, we are well positioned to build innovative enterprise-level solutions using generative AI.

“Our launch partnership with Google Cloud on generative AI enables us to rapidly create value for our customers. TCS is investing in assets, frameworks, and talent to harness the power of generative AI to enable growth and transformation for our customers.”

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