HCLTech has expanded its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to speed up enterprise adoption of generative and agentic AI, with a concentrate on constructing industry-specific AI brokers powered by Google’s Gemini fashions.

Below the expanded partnership, HCLTech will use Gemini Enterprise and Gemini fashions to develop customized AI brokers for world shoppers. The corporate will even strengthen collaboration and safety capabilities by means of Google Workspace as enterprises more and more combine AI into workflows and decision-making.

The collaboration formalises a structured programme geared toward accelerating GenAI and Agentic AI adoption amongst enterprises. It’ll additionally help greater than 2,000 generative AI-led buyer engagements and assist domesticate Google Cloud experience inside HCLTech’s workforce.

“This strategic collaboration reinforces the energy of our partnership and shared imaginative and prescient with Google Cloud to assist enterprises scale AI adoption in alignment with their enterprise goals,” stated Vijay Guntur, Chief Know-how Officer and Head of Ecosystems at HCLTech.

As a part of the initiative, HCLTech’s AI Power platform will combine with Google’s Gemini household of fashions and Gemini Code Help to construct options for software program growth and IT operations. The corporate will even provide unified cloud migration providers, together with transformation of Oracle, SAP and VMware workloads to Google Cloud, together with safety transformation capabilities.

The partnership additionally consists of the growth of HCLTech’s Agentic AI Heart of Excellence to develop industry-focused options corresponding to Perception for manufacturing and Netsight for telecommunications. As well as, the corporate plans to launch bodily AI innovation hubs, referred to as Gemini Expertise Zones, at key world areas.

HCLTech will even broaden its Google Cloud-certified workforce from round 12,000 workers to greater than 35,000 over the following three years.

“HCLTech is bringing Gemini Enterprise to extra clients by means of its {industry} options,” stated Kevin Ichhpurani, President of World Ecosystem and Channels at Google Cloud. “With over 23,000 Google Cloud-trained consultants and deep AI implementation experience, HCLTech is delivering high-impact, production-ready AI brokers to enterprises in the present day.”

Most of the AI brokers developed by HCLTech are already out there on the Google Cloud Market.

The collaboration comes at a time when India’s IT providers sector is navigating rising disruption from superior AI methods that might reshape conventional software program providers. New giant language fashions, together with Anthropic’s Claude, are elevating considerations concerning the long-term affect of AI on standard IT outsourcing fashions.

HCLTech’s inventory closed flat on Thursday, although the corporate’s share value has declined about 8 per cent over the previous month.

Regardless of broader sector considerations, HCLTech’s administration has highlighted the corporate’s enterprise combine and deal pipeline as potential buffers in opposition to AI-driven disruption. Based on a report by HSBC, current deal wins and robust exit momentum might help a income development steering vary of 4.5–6.5 per cent.

The report additionally famous that the sector could shift away from “beat-and-raise” earnings steering in the direction of forecasts which can be extra lifelike and even aggressive, with FY27 steering more likely to emerge as a key catalyst for IT corporations.

HCLTech employs greater than 226,300 individuals throughout 60 nations and gives providers spanning AI, digital engineering, cloud and software program options. The corporate works with shoppers throughout sectors together with monetary providers, manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, semiconductor, telecom and media, retail and client packaged items, mobility and public providers.

For the 12 months ending December 2025, HCLTech reported consolidated income of $14.5 billion.