Tata is building AI systems for physical and digital spaces.
They're deploying AI across automotive, industrial, and energy sectors.
The company is focused on purpose-built technology for specific business objectives.
While a large part of the global conversation around AI is still revolving around creating the next set of chatbots and other AI apps, Tata, on the other hand, has a different vision. They’re building something that is out of the ordinary, and they’ve showcased how they’re doing it at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
SurveyI got the opportunity to speak with Sreenivasa Chakravorty, who leads Industrial Autonomy and Engineering Business at TCS. He described the company’s vision to be adding AI to everything possible, a model that will have to go through both the physical and digital space. Let’s take a look at everything I learned about their plans from our conversation.
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Moving from infrastructure to intelligence
Sreenivasa explained to me that for Tata, AI isn’t just a layer of software; they are looking at it as a complete shift in how physical and digital worlds interact with each other. He explained that designing chips and building data centres are required to process massive AI workloads.
Not only that, but he stated that we would also require framework layer development, because they are the underlying systems that allow AI to function. As to how Tata is looking at it, he says that they’re working on it by the application layer, where they are deploying specific AI solutions across the different companies of the Tata group.
AI implementation by Tata
Moving further, I also asked about how exactly Tata has implemented AI across their ecosystem. And well, Sreenivasa explained to me that they’re working on their AI ecosystem from the ground up and have already implemented it in a lot of places.
He said that they’ve already added it to the automotive space, where they’re using AI for driver assist systems and safety features. In the future, they also have a roadmap planned toward autonomous driving using AI, though he suggests that a lot of infrastructure development would be required to move forward with that.
Not only that, but he also stated that AI is being used in the industrial sector, and that too for something important like safety. He suggests that it is being used for prevention, worker safety, and environmental protection in manufacturing environments where humans cannot safely go.
Last but not least, he also suggested that Tata is also implementing AI in the energy space, which is usually something that is unheard of. He explained that the company is optimizing power consumption through AI-driven solar energy solutions.
The path forward for India
Given the large scale of the Indian market, I had to ask about Tata’s plan for the deployment of such new tech, too. And despite scale being a challenge, he claims that the company is focused on purpose-building technology rather than getting lost in the wide spectrum of what AI could do.
He stated, “Purpose building the technology to meet a finite business objective. That’s where the focus has to be. The technology is wide. It’s like a wide spectrum solution that is available. You have to see how you can channelize and funnel that capability to solve very critical, specific problems.”
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