India, May 18 -- AI is no longer a niche capability. It is becoming a baseline expectation across roles, functions, and industries. If we look at today's highly competitive labor market, AI and machine learning roles are growing significantly faster than most other professions globally, creating a strong demand for professionals with both technical depth and strategic capability, but the real shift is deeper. Organizations are no longer just experimenting with AI. They are trying to scale it. And that reveals a critical gap. The challenge is not access to tools, but the ability to either build them at depth or lead them at scale.

This shift is creating two clear career paths in the AI economy. One for professionals who want to build AI s...