New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- You know it's been a strong week at work when your bureau turns in too many solid stories to fit into one newsletter. Despite that, the story of Tata Consultancy Services announcing an investment of $6 billion to pursue AI clearly became the one we must talk about the loudest-for it could well shape various aspects of India's tech industry going forward.

This week, our IT correspondent Jas Bardia kept a close eye on TCS-India's single-biggest tech company by employee count, revenue and valuation. On 9 October, the company abruptly cancelled a pre-scheduled press briefing-a first in at least three years. Ironically, this was the very quarter when TCS had more explaining to do than ever.

Why? Because in the past two ...