Date: September 17, 2026
Operational / Strategic Disclosures
HCLTech announced the launch of HCLTech Pulse, a dedicated business unit focused on helping enterprises with annual revenues between $500 million and $5 billion. The unit is designed to help these organizations safely scale AI, modernize their technology foundations, and accelerate growth.
The new business unit targets organizations with enterprise-scale ambitions that have historically had to stitch together niche providers across strategy, platforms, implementation, and operations. HCLTech Pulse aims to help clients move beyond isolated AI initiatives by connecting AI strategy, data, cyber, platforms, engineering, and business-process transformation into a single, integrated transformation agenda.
According to Peter Bendor-Samuel, Founder and Executive Chairman of Everest Group, this segment represents an approximately $400 billion global technology-services opportunity growing at 7-9% annually. He noted that as these organizations move from AI experimentation to scaled deployment, the market will reward providers that combine deep technology expertise with industry context and an integrated delivery model.
C Vijayakumar, CEO and Managing Director of HCLTech, stated: "AI is rewriting the economics of growth. The real advantage goes to enterprises bold enough to reimagine their processes from the ground up, not just automate what already exists, and to do it safely and responsibly." He emphasized that HCLTech Pulse combines the company's AI, engineering, cyber, data, and industry expertise to help enterprises rethink how work gets done and turn AI investment into measurable business value.
Ashish Kumar Gupta, Global Head of New Business Incubation Group at HCLTech, explained: "HCLTech Pulse is our response to a clear, unmet need. HCLTech serves many clients at this stage of scale and understands that the greatest value comes from bringing the right focus, senior attention and platform investments to each client's priorities." The unit is designed to simplify transformation and accelerate time to value, allowing these organizations to pursue their ambitions with a single, accountable partner.
HCLTech Pulse extends the company's full portfolio with a delivery model purpose-built for this segment. The unit will focus on high-priority transformation opportunities including:
- AI strategy and implementation rooted in safety and responsible AI
- Data and AI platforms
- Cloud transformation
- Application and enterprise-platform modernization
- Cybersecurity
- Engineering services
- Managed services
Through this integrated approach, HCLTech Pulse will help clients develop the capabilities required to adopt AI safely, with greater speed, confidence, and governance, and build sustained competitive advantage.
Company Background
HCLTech is a global technology company with more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering capabilities centered around AI, digital, engineering, cloud and software. The company works with clients across major verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology & Services, Semiconductor, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, Mobility and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.