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Economic Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Agent economy has arrived: Can India leapfrog the platform era?
Not long ago, transformation meant thick slide decks, long timelines and consultants advising from the sidelines. They brought frameworks, not outcomes. Today, in a world shaped by generative and agentic AI, businesses are no longer looking for advisors. They're looking for co-creators: partners whose contribution is defined not through scale of people, but through scale of intelligence and an ability to rapidly deliver tangible business AI makes this shift possible. These systems don't just assist but act, learn and adapt within business workflows. They minimise manual intervention and integrate directly into enterprise environments. From onboarding and compliance to reconciliation and customer support, agents execute autonomously, continuously and intelligently. Importantly, this isn't the end of platforms. It's their evolution. Agentic AI thrives on strong digital infrastructure, data pipelines and system integration. Together, platforms and agents form intelligent environments where actions are automated and outcomes accelerated. This changes the game for India. India led the platform era, powered by deep engineering talent and global delivery scale. Now, that talent base becomes a launchpad. The agent economy rewards not just scale, but speed, accuracy and intelligence and calls for a reinvention of how technology is built, deployed and delivered. India's historic strength is application-level innovation. In an age of agentic AI, this is the crucial level - beyond chipset and large language model innovation - where business acceleration is unlocked and organisations can create the greatest value. It's where agentic AI comes alive: embedded in enterprise workflows, customised for real-world processes and scaled with precision. With a global high-end engineering backbone rooted in India, Publicis Sapient is deploying agentic AI to transform how businesses operate. Our proprietary Bodhi platform enables rapid agent deployment, while Sapient Slingshot and CoreAI, built on Bodhi, transform enterprise software development and marketing, respectively. Our India-based teams not only write code but orchestrate complex enterprise environments to make agents effective - in use cases from autonomous onboarding solutions for financial services to agents that manage regulatory compliance for pharmaceutical companies and streamline logistics for built agent-driven platforms that cut manual reconciliation by 80%, and helped Fortune 500 firms develop AI-native capabilities that evolve in real time. Our SPEED capabilities-strategy, product, experience, engineering, and data with AI-embeds agents into enterprise architecture where they act, learn and realise India's potential in the agent economy, three key shifts are move from integration to orchestration. Agents can't function in silos. To be autonomous, they must be embedded within business logic and workflows-not layered onto legacy systems. Publicis Sapient's approach to system orchestration, rooted in domain expertise and agile delivery, shows how India-based teams can lead in building intelligent rethink how value is measured. In the agent economy, the traditional time-and-materials model gives way to value-based engagements. Success is defined by reducing onboarding time, improving compliance accuracy, and driving faster time to value through autonomous execution. Third, expect speed to match ambition. The era of 18-month timelines is over. AI-native delivery models allow for rapid prototyping, refinement, and deployment - in weeks, not quarters. The rise of agentic AI isn't just technological. It's philosophical. It raises the question 'what can AI agents do on their own and where do humans add the most unique value?' This mindset shift lets us redeploy human talent toward higher-value tasks: strategy, judgment, creativity and is uniquely positioned to lead this future. It has the scale, the talent and the mindset. If India commits to building the agentic layer of the enterprise, it won't just ride the next wave - it will define it. (Nigel Vaz is CEO of Publicis Sapient. He will be speaking at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum in New Delhi)
Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
GitHub CEO bows out: Now fully fueled by Microsoft's AI engine
When Microsoft bought GitHub back in 2018, the idea was simple: put the world's largest developer platform under the wing of one of tech's biggest players. Seven years later, that partnership is entering a new chapter, and losing a familiar face in the process. Github might change as operations rely fully on Microsoft's AI engine. Thomas Dohmke, who took over as GitHub CEO in late 2021, has announced he's stepping down. In his time at the helm, Dohmke helped GitHub navigate its most transformative years, most notably with the launch and rapid adoption of GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered coding assistant now used by millions of developers. Shift in AI leadership Instead of appointing a new GitHub CEO, Microsoft is pulling the strings from a different angle. The company's newly formed CoreAI team will now lead AI initiatives across GitHub, Azure, and Microsoft's wider developer ecosystem. The move folds GitHub's AI leadership into Microsoft's central AI division, tightening integration and putting a stronger enterprise spin on its AI offerings. CoreAI will be responsible for driving development on Copilot, enhancing its capabilities, and finding ways to make AI an even more embedded part of the coding workflow. The goal is clear: streamline innovation, eliminate silos, and put Microsoft's AI ecosystem under one coordinated roof. What this means for developers For developers, the short-term experience might not change much. GitHub will still run as the go-to repository hosting service, and Copilot will keep evolving. But in the long run, the tighter Microsoft oversight could mean faster AI feature rollouts and deeper links with Azure's cloud services. The move also reflects Microsoft's broader push to make AI a central pillar of its products, from Office to Windows to its developer tools. By putting CoreAI in the driver's seat, Microsoft is betting that the future of coding will be even more AI-assisted, streamlined, and enterprise-ready. One chapter closes for GitHub leadership, but for Microsoft's AI ambitions, the story is just getting started.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Business
- Indian Express
GitHub CEO steps down as Microsoft integrates platform into CoreAI division amid rising competition in the AI coding market
GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke announced Tuesday that he plans to step down later this year, and Microsoft does not intend to search for a replacement. Dohmke is leaving the Microsoft-owned platform to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. 'With more than 1B repos and forks, and over 150 million developers, GitHub has never been stronger than it is today,' Dohmke wrote in a blog post. 'We have seen more open-source projects with more contributions every year. AI projects have doubled in the last year alone. And our presence in companies of any size is unmatched in the market.' GitHub, which Microsoft acquired in 2018 for $7.5 billion, has largely operated independently. However, with Dohmke stepping down, GitHub will now operate as part of Microsoft's CoreAI group. In a separate memo, Microsoft CoreAI head Jay Parikh outlined a new structure in which GitHub leadership will report to several Microsoft executives, according to Axios. Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's Developer Division, will oversee GitHub's revenue, engineering, and support. Earlier this year, Microsoft formed the CoreAI group, led by Jay Parikh, Facebook's former head of engineering, whom CEO Satya Nadella added to Microsoft's senior leadership team in October. Dohmke has been the CEO of GitHub since 2021. He joined Microsoft in 2015 through the acquisition of his previous startup, HockeyApp. After Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018, Dohmke became GitHub's Chief Product Officer in mid-2021, and a few months later, he succeeded Nat Friedman as CEO. In a memo to employees, Dohmke said he's leaving GitHub to 'become a founder again,' though he will remain at Microsoft until the end of the year 'to help guide the transition.' Dohmke is leaving GitHub at a time when Microsoft is investing billions of dollars in high-profile artificial intelligence projects. GitHub is one of the most popular platforms for developers to share code and collaborate on projects. It's free, easy to use, and has become central to the open-source software movement. The platform is important to Microsoft's overall strategy, as it provides direct access to developers, crucial to the success of Windows, Azure, and its expanding suite of AI tools. In fact, GitHub is more important than ever due to the boom in generative artificial intelligence. Microsoft now faces stiff competition from companies like Google, Cursor, Replit, and Windsurf in the race to build leading AI tools for programmers, especially amid the rise of 'vibe coding,' where programs are written with just a few words of human direction. Under Dohmke's leadership, GitHub has doubled its user base. Over the years, the Microsoft-owned unit launched GitHub Copilot, an assistant that suggests code for developers to add to their projects. In January, GitHub introduced a Copilot artificial intelligence agent capable of handling specific programming tasks and notifying users once the work is completed. GitHub generates over $2 billion in annualised revenue as of last summer. Anuj Bhatia is a personal technology writer at who has been covering smartphones, personal computers, gaming, apps, and lifestyle tech actively since 2011. He specialises in writing longer-form feature articles and explainers on trending tech topics. His unique interests encompass delving into vintage tech, retro gaming and composing in-depth narratives on the intersection of history, technology, and popular culture. He covers major international tech conferences and product launches from the world's biggest and most valuable tech brands including Apple, Google and others. At the same time, he also extensively covers indie, home-grown tech startups. Prior to joining The Indian Express in late 2016, he served as a senior tech writer at My Mobile magazine and previously held roles as a reviewer and tech writer at Gizbot. Anuj holds a postgraduate degree from Banaras Hindu University. You can find Anuj on Linkedin. Email: ... Read More
The Star
4 days ago
- Business
- The Star
GitHub CEO to leave Microsoft amid steep AI competition
GitHub will become part of Microsoft's CoreAI team, which is led by Jay Parikh, an executive hired earlier this year. — Photo by Mohammad Rahmani on Unsplash The chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp.'s GitHub is stepping down, a major change for a coding platform grappling with increasing competition over AI tools for programmers. Thomas Dohmke said Monday that he was leaving the unit he has led for almost four years. In a blog post, he expressed thanks to employees, dubbed Hubbers, for "the ride of a lifetime.' Dohmke will remain at GitHub through the end of this year and then leave to become a founder, he said. GitHub was early to artificial intelligence technology capable of automating parts of software development. Now, a growing number of companies, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Anthropic and Cursor maker Anysphere, are releasing rival AI products. OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, debuted a new model this month that it said performs better at coding tasks. GitHub will become part of Microsoft's CoreAI team, which is led by Jay Parikh, an executive hired earlier this year. Acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for US$7.5bil (RM31.7bil), GitHub is widely used for programming and was the first Microsoft division to deploy an AI Copilot, a category of assistants the software giant is betting on for future revenue growth. In a blog post last week, Dohmke encouraged coders to embrace rapid disruptions coming to the profession due to AI. "The software developer role is set on a path of significant change,' he wrote. – Bloomberg
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
GitHub CEO says Microsoft's memo about evaluating AI use is 'totally fair game'
Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, said that managers should evaluate employees' AI usage. Dohmke was asked about an internal Microsoft memo that said using AI is "no longer optional." He said all GitHub employees must use GitHub, and if they don't want to, there are "other tech companies." Company culture now includes thinking about AI use, at least according to one tech leader. On a recent episode of the "Decoder" podcast, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke defended a Microsoft memo that asked managers to evaluate employees based on how much they're using internal AI tools. Business Insider first reported on the memo in June. "I think in 2025, it's totally fair game to say you should reflect on your AI usage, and you should reflect what did you learn about AI, did you use GitHub Copilot or Microsoft Copilot, Teams Copilot to summarize a meeting, and if not why not?" Dohmke said on the episode, which aired August 7. GitHub is Microsoft's software development platform, and GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant. He said that the memo was "more nuanced" and "talked about AI learning" in a conversation between a manager and employee. That learning process, he said, aligns with Microsoft's growth-oriented culture. Originally sent by Julia Liuson, the president of a Microsoft division responsible for GitHub Copilot among other developer tools, the memo said that AI usage should be part of managers' "holistic reflections" on employees' performances. "AI is now a fundamental part of how we work. Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional — it's core to every role and every level," it reads. Dohmke said that GitHub employees have a specific non-negotiable: using GitHub. His expectation applies not just to developers but to every division, from HR to sales to legal. "There is no world where I would allow for somebody to say, 'Well, sorry, I don't want to use GitHub.' And I think that's fair game if the employee doesn't want that, then there's tens of thousands of other tech companies out there where they can have that," he said. "But it's part of our company culture that everybody at GitHub uses GitHub." For Dohmke, measuring AI usage doesn't mean assessing how many lines of code someone wrote with AI, since that metric is "easily gamified." Instead, he said it's about demonstrating a mindset that aligns with company culture. On Monday, four days after the podcast's publication, Dohmke announced that he is stepping down as the CEO of GitHub at the end of the year in a blog post. He said GitHub and its leadership team will remain a part of Microsoft's CoreAI organization. Read the original article on Business Insider
