AI is being democratised at full throttle – much in sync with the government’s target of a $1 Tn digital economy by 2030 – and what fuels this growth is the economics of AI that businesses across industries are trying to gain from. Indian infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) made no mistake in reading the future. AI is no longer an experimental capability or a future-facing investment – it is increasingly being embedded into the core mechanics of how the company executes projects at scale. In an interaction with Inc42, R Ganesan, who heads the Corporate Centre at L&T Construction, framed the company’s AI strategy as deliberately multi-layered. “We see different use cases across our various businesses and multiple applications of AI that can impact our execution either in terms of productivity, time to value, autonomous or near-autonomous decision-making and in some cases requiring us to reimagine processes or tasks,” he said. As India emerges as the third most competitive nation in AI adoption, led by its 6 Mn-strong army of technology graduates and powered by an ecosystem of 1.8 Lakh startups and more than 1,800 global capability centres, infra companies are increasingly adopting AI to improve efficiency, safety,… Read MoreInc42 Media
