IBM, Infosys, and Wipro entered Kochi. Only one emerged unscathed
About this episode
The episode discusses the contrasting strategies of IBM, Infosys, and Wipro in Kochi's IT landscape and the implications for the future of Indian IT.
At Kochi's Infopark, two models of the IT industry sit 500 metres apart. Infosys and Wipro: sprawling campuses, thousands of engineers, margins built on scale. IBM: a smaller hub, senior-heavy teams, focused on enterprise AI. Same city, completely different bets on the future. India's IT giants are expanding into tier-2 cities because they're cheaper. But AI is quietly making the old logic — hire more, deliver at scale — look like the wrong answer. Infosys and Wipro's stocks have nearly halved since 2021. IBM's has doubled. So what does Kochi reveal about where Indian IT is actually headed? Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.
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