HCLTech announces initiative with Google Cloud to scale Gemini to global enterprises

IT major HCL Technologies Ltd (HCLTech) on April 3 announced an expanded alliance with Google Cloud to create industry solutions and drive business value with the tech giant's AI model Gemini. "HCLTech will enable 25,000 engineers on Google Cloud’s latest GenAI technology to better support clients at every stage of their AI projects, including the development of new use cases and capabilities for HCLTech platforms and product offerings, and initially focusing on bringing gen AI capabilities to clients in manufacturing, healthcare, and telecom," said the IT firm in a stock exchange filing.

HCLTech recently launched HCLTech AI Force, a pre-built GenAI platform that optimises engineering lifecycle processes from planning through development, testing and maintenance. HCLTech will now enhance the HCLTech AI Force platform with Gemini’s advanced code completion and summarisation capabilities, which will allow engineers to generate code, remediate issues and accelerate the delivery time and quality of software projects for clients.

At 1225 hours on April 3, HCLTech's shares on BSE were trading 1.3 percent higher at Rs 1,548.45 apiece.

HCLTech said it will also use Gemini models to strengthen and expand the portfolio of industry solutions built out of its dedicated Cloud Native Labs and AI Labs, which focus on accelerating client innovation and are staffed by leading AI experts and engineers. Both labs will enable clients to better scope, manage and refine gen AI projects on Google Cloud’s infrastructure.