AIM Print July 2025 Edition
At Build 2025, CTO Kevin Scott unveiled the Model Context Protocol and agentic computing in Windows 11, pitching an “HTTP for AI” with MCP and NLWeb. Azure AI Foundry now hosts thousands of models—from Grok 3 to GPT-4.1—promising a future where autonomous agents communicate as seamlessly as browsers and servers. Cover Story: The Making of Naukri.com Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s DIY start led to India’s premier job portal. With just ₹2 000 and hand-typed newspaper listings, he built Info Edge into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse and now steers 150 AI engineers refining talent-matching algorithms. GCC Corner: From Back Offices to GCC-as-a-Service Shalini Mondal reports over 1 600 GCCs in India have evolved into full-blown innovation hubs. Karthik Padmanabhan, Ekroop Caur, and leaders at Diebold Nixdorf, BT Group, and Roche describe how Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant (led by Sailaja Josyula) and LTIMindtree’s BlueVerse platform are packaging infrastructure, compliance, and AI expertise into plug-and-play offerings. The $2 Trillion Tech Debt Dilemma C P Balasubramanyam’s joint HFS Research/Publicis Sapient study exposes a $2 trillion backlog in legacy systems across the Global 2000. Only 30 percent of firms have fully modernized, with AI cited as the payoff pathway—but integration, talent gaps, and governance remain obstacles. Startup Reset: AI, FDI & Founder Grit Smruthi Nadig tracks a 96 percent plunge in net FDI to $353 million in FY25, a “reset” per Sanchit Vir Gogia. Moneyview’s $400 million IPO plans underscore investor caution: explainability, economics, and policy alignment now top founders’ decks. The GPU Game: Sify’s Pay-Per-Use Model CEO Sharad Agarwal unveils GPU hosting by the hour, partnering with Jio Platforms and NxtGen to attract U.S. cloud workloads to Mumbai, Chennai, and Noida. Part of IndiaAI’s push to deploy thousands of GPUs, this model turns expensive infrastructure into an elastic service. Beyond Bots: The Human Side of AI Therapy Merin Susan John explores AI chatbots’ limits with insights from Prathvi Nayak, Jason Phang, J K S Veettoor, Anil Seth, and Mahua Bisht. They agree: empathetic, human-led care remains irreplaceable, with hybrid models the healthiest path forward. Green AI: ESG Compliance with SustainSense Sprih CEO Akash Keshav’s custom LLM tackles emissions reporting for 1 200 units, while Fitsol’s data-confidence engine caught a 70 percent under-reporting of plastic waste. KPMG’s Namrata Rana calls validated ESG data essential as investors weigh climate and social risks. Google’s AI Mode vs. The Ecosystem At I/O, Sundar Pichai and Liz Reid rolled out AI Mode—multimodal search, live shopping, and camera-driven queries. Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas and Greyhound’s Sanchit Vir Gogia cheer on Google’s bet but see new space for specialist knowledge agents. Developer & Deep Tech Briefs The Java Secret of Netflix: Custom JVM tuning fuels billions of viewing hours. Code Laugh Repeat: AI-powered jokes and memes from the dev community. Vahan AI & Sarvam AI: Blue-collar hiring tools and surgical robotics need human oversight. Indic LLMs & Beyond: Can home-grown language models rival global giants? Deep Tech Spotlight: UPI architect Vishal Kanvaty on rebuilding India’s payments, plus PM Modi’s chip-fab drive in Assam and Uttar Pradesh.
Dive into AIM’s July 2025 issue where AI’s next frontier meets enterprise transformation. From Microsoft’s vision for an agentic web to the strategic rise of GCC-as-a-Service, our coverage profiles the innovators, companies, and trends redefining tech and business worldwide.
Dive into AIM’s July 2025 issue where AI’s next frontier meets enterprise transformation. From Microsoft’s vision for an agentic web to the strategic rise of GCC-as-a-Service, our coverage profiles the innovators, companies, and trends redefining tech and business worldwide.
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