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Top 5 IT companies post single-digit growth for second consecutive fiscal amid macro headwinds
Although tariff announcements by US President Donald Trump have had some impact on clients’ decision-making, IT services exporters said they are still assessing the full impact of these measures.
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More with less: How AI startups are scaling rapidly with lean teams, high revenues
Industry experts believe that with next-gen AI tools, a few people can build software-centric businesses that scale to over $100 million in revenue, on the back of automation and not headcount.
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HCLTech partners with over 200 GCCs in India, plans to ramp up focus
The company has declared India-specific revenue numbers for the first time, as the country has become a big focus area for it
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HCLTech moves away from annual fresher targets; plans to hire 2,000 every quarter
HCLTech reported a 4.7% revenue growth in FY25 even as its headcount declined by 1.8%, driven by gains in AI and automation.
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Cyclical or Structural? IT majors' slowing growth in FY25 raises tough questions
The $280 billion industry faces multiple issues: clients cutting back after overspending on digital transformation during COVID-19, a cautious global macro, the GCC phenomena, the AI boom, and more recently the US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
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Infosys lets go off 240 more trainees who failed tests, offers free upskilling
Infosys has also extended free training to around 326 trainees who were let go in February after failing the assessment tests
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TCS, Infosys, Wipro add over 13,500 employees in FY25, reversing last fiscal’s decline
All three IT companies have indicated they will hire roughly the same number of freshers in FY25 as they did in the previous fiscal despite the uncertain demand environment, driven by US President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
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Infosys grants ESOPs worth about Rs 50 crore to CEO Salil Parekh in FY25
Additionally, the Bengaluru-based company has granted 5,000 restricted stock units (RSUs) to eligible employees, which would vest equally over a period of four years.
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Infosys Q4 disappoints, guides for 0%-3% revenue growth for FY26
The software major, along with other IT companies, has been facing tepid demand on the back of soft discretionary spending
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Macroeconomic uncertainties dramatically increased from FY25 to FY26: Wipro
Wipro's revenue growth declined for the second consecutive fiscal by 2.3% in CC terms YoY for the financial year 2024-25.
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Infosys Q4 results in focus as TCS, Wipro miss estimates: What to watch out for
India’s second-largest information technology company is expected to see its revenue decline sequentially, reflecting the ongoing softness in discretionary IT spending
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Early signs of recovery haven't sustained due to tariffs, says TCS CEO K Krithivasan
During the post-earnings press conference, TCS CEO K Krithivasan said the early signs of recovery in discretionary spending were not sustained due to the US tariffs.
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TCS to recruit about 42,000 freshers in FY26, similar to previous fiscal
CHRO Milind Lakkad said that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a bearing on hiring as the nascent technology for business is a new opportunity.
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TCS full-year net headcount up in FY25 after declining first time in 19 years in FY24
India’s largest information technology services company, on April 10, said its headcount increased by 6,433 year-on-year during the financial year 2023-24.
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Rising Bharat 2025: I don’t plan Perplexity for more than three months, says CEO Aravind Srinivas
Srinivas also highlighted the challenge of building AI-native products and the balance between generality and user specificity.
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A year on, CEO Srinivas Pallia steers Wipro steady, but turnaround journey isn’t over
Pallia has been a great 'campus to corner office' story and has a deep understanding of the company’s clients, culture, context, and capabilities but a year is too short a period to 'have conviction on long-term trajectory'
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Indian IT's guidance, deal pipeline to shed light on Trump tariff impact: Five factors to watch
The earnings commentary will set pace for IT sector’s growth expectations for FY26, now in the doldrums as experts recalibrate growth estimates amidst Trump's tariff setback.
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Rattled to the core: Indian IT on shaky wicket after Trump tariffs
Trump's tariffs could dash IT sector’s FY26 revival hopes.
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AI won’t derail India’s GCC growth but will redefine it, say experts
While AI-driven automation will impact certain service segments, experts say it will push GCCs up the value chain rather than derail India's growth story
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Established AI innovation labs, factory with clients to incubate new AI tech: Infosys
The labs focus on tracking, assessing, and developing proof of value for emerging AI tech within the organisation, while the AI factory productises and scales these solutions.
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AI solutions firm Tredence plans 1,700 new hires in 2025, 30% dedicated for Gen AI, Agentic AI
Bhowmick added that Gen AI revenue has surged for the San Jose-headquartered firm recently, now making up about 20-25 percent of its earnings driven by such deals.
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Infosys terminates more trainees from Mysuru campus; offers alternative career path
The Bengaluru-based company is providing affected trainees with an alternative career path, including a 12-week training program for potential roles in Infosys BPM.
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IT sector sees 90% drop in new company formations, down to 2,400 in FY25
Karnataka, India’s IT hub, recorded a sharp decline in the number of new IT companies formed over the last five years, from 2,544 in FY20 to just 212 in FY25.
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At least eight IT and ER&D firms appointed new CEOs between January and March
Industry experts are calling it a sign of a healthy industry as tech companies are in the midst of a strategic shift with the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) continuing to become more pronounced.
