India, Dec. 28 -- In many ways, 2025 is a defining year for the tech industry, and it was more pronounced in India, as the industry once called a 'sunrise' has had to 'sunset' numerous aspects, from tech to skills. And the hero and the culprit for this overarching ramification is the seemingly benign, yet omnipotent two letter word 'AI'. And AI is now a common denominator to 'all things IT', and service providers are looking at integrating AI capabilities into their tech stacks.

Like all disruptions, AI is now in the 'rubber meeting the road' moment, and increasingly one is seeing the emergence of three categories of organisations. The laggards (rooted in AI hype, with no solid outcome beyond PoC), the leaders (those who accept their nat...