Puneet Chandok, President - Microsoft India and South Asia
Microsoft has announced that three leading IT companies — Infosys, TCS and Wipro have each scaled their Microsoft 365 Copilot licences to over one lakh employees, taking the collective commitment past three lakh seats in under six months.The announcement builds on the 50,000-seat deployments announced in December 2025, highlighting how integral AI is now across engineering, service delivery and business operations at enterprise scale. With three global IT majors headquartered here leading the charge, India is emerging as one of the fastest-moving markets in Asia, driving Copilot and AI momentum across the region—setting the pace for how enterprises worldwide scale agentic AI. “At this level of scale, the impact of AI is no longer measured solely by time saved or productivity gained—it is defined by how organisations operate, compete and grow. Infosys, TCS and Wipro are moving beyond deployment to AI as an operating model, using Microsoft Copilot and agents to translate their unique IQ into better decisions, faster execution and stronger customer outcomes. With Intelligence + Trust as a foundation, we are enabling organisations to unlock human ambition and leverage AI for growth,” said Judson Althoff, CEO, Microsoft Commercial Business.Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia, discusses India’s emergence as a key market for AI adoption, Microsoft’s investment plans and the broader impact of AI on jobs and enterprise operations.Edited excerpts:
