Indian IT giants to deploy over 200,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses
- ByStartupStory | December 16, 2025
India’s leading IT services companies—Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, and Wipro—are collectively deploying more than 200,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses across their enterprises, marking one of the largest-scale rollouts of generative AI tools by Indian firms and signaling a major push toward agentic AI integration in workflows.
Each of the four companies plans to implement over 50,000 licenses of Microsoft Copilot, embedding the AI assistant into functions spanning consulting, software development, operations, and client delivery. The deployment aims to boost employee productivity, accelerate decision-making, and enable human-AI collaboration at unprecedented scale, positioning these firms as “frontier companies” in enterprise AI adoption.
Microsoft Copilot across IT operations
The licenses will power Microsoft 365 Copilot and related agentic AI capabilities, allowing employees to automate routine tasks, generate code and content faster, and handle multi-step processes more efficiently. For these IT giants, which collectively serve thousands of Fortune 500 clients worldwide, the rollout extends beyond internal use to reshaping how they deliver AI-enhanced services to customers in sectors like finance, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Microsoft President for India and South Asia, Puneet Chandok, described the move as setting a “global pace” for AI transformation, noting that these enterprises are shifting from experimentation to full-scale implementation. The companies will also train tens of thousands of employees on Microsoft Cloud, GitHub, and related technologies to support the deployment.
Strategic partnerships and broader context
The Copilot expansion follows Microsoft’s announcement of a $17.5 billion investment in India over the next four years (2026-2029) for cloud and AI infrastructure, skilling programs, and operations. It builds on existing collaborations, such as Wipro’s three-year Microsoft Hub partnership and Cognizant’s role as a “client zero” for refining Copilot solutions.
TCS CEO K Krithivasan highlighted the shift to an “AI-first enterprise,” while Infosys CEO Salil Parekh emphasized agility and data-driven decisions through tools like Infosys Topaz. Wipro CEO Srini Pallia pointed to Wipro.ai’s integration with Microsoft platforms for industry-specific outcomes.
This large-scale adoption underscores India’s IT sector’s pivot from traditional services to AI-led innovation, where Copilot and agentic systems could unlock new revenue streams through higher-margin AI consulting and development. With over 200,000 licenses in play, the firms are not only enhancing internal efficiency but also creating blueprints for global clients navigating the AI era.
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