Fulcrum Digital to hire 100 more employees for Coimbatore centre

The Hindu

28-07-2025

At a time when large Information Technology (IT) companies are gearing up to reduce workforce due to most coding job now being done by Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents and on account of stress in the global economy, Fulcrum Digital, a sub $100 million revenue U.S.-based company has decided to expand its Coimbatore campus by hiring over 100 more people by next year.
The company which has deployed hundreds of AI agents across campuses said it was continuing to hire talent with AI agents working side by side with humans to enhance efficiency and ensure quicker delivery to clients.
'We continue on hiring employees. We have not reduced number of employees. However, as programming has improved using AI, 25% to 30% of our programming is now getting enhanced by AI agent. So AI agents are now coding for us. And humans are going to be coexisting with them,' said Rajesh Sinha, Founder & Chairman, Fulcrum Digital in an interview.
'We are maturing on our AI coding journey for our own development work. And we are measuring the percentage of adoption inside the company. That has certainly given a growth because it has given the speed and more value creation in less time. We have also added human workforce to fulfill the demand of our customers,' he added.
He said in the company's South India Development Center at Coimbatore the existing employee strength of 50 people team will grow up to 150 people by end of next year.
'We are envisioning in next two years to be 3,000 employees [organization] and I am hoping that from 150 we should go to about 300 to 400 people in Coimbatore. And at that stage we will look for our own campus or building which we can house people there,' he added.
'Apart from people, we also want to add more AI agents. So, I always say that while we become 1,800 people this year, we will have 300, 400 AI agents coexisting with our team members,' he said.
He said apart from accelerating the coding, the company would have more AI agents doing the development work.
'Similar approach is happening in Coimbatore. There we will have about 500 people and I am expecting 100 AI agents along with the 500 people doing the work for us,' he added.
The company has budgeted about $7 to $8 million for the Coimbatore development centre.
According to experts, AI has already started driving charges across business organisations.
Munjay Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Tredence, a data science solutions provider said, 'Generative and Agentic AI are no longer experimental; they are driving real change across companies.'
'We are witnessing a clear shift from pilots to controlled productionization, particularly in areas such as marketing operations, supply chain, and sales operations. Agentic workflows are evolving from simple automation to semi-autonomous systems that enhance teams rather than replacing them,' he said.
He said by bringing intelligence to the task level, AI tools were making processes self-sufficient and smarter.
'This transformation is being guided by robust governance, human-in-the-loop oversight, and a deep focus on responsible scaling,' he said.
'It's not about cost-cutting—it's about building capability. As AI matures, it's giving rise to hybrid talent models and collaborative ecosystems where humans and intelligent agents thrive together,' he added.