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The episode discusses the current state of AI adoption in enterprises with insights from Lenovo and TCS executives.

This is a special episode produced by the collaboration between TiE San Diego and Tantra's Mantra. In this episode, I speak to Mark Budgen of Lenovo and Rajnikant Gupta of TCS on the current status of AI adoption in enterprises. We start by discussing which segments and which functions within organizations have seen deeper adoption of AI, whether AI projects have moved from PoC and trials to production, what the major challenges are in that transition, how the thinking and approach of enterprises toward AI have changed over the short period, the need for “Human in the loop,” and the necessity of Hybrid AI. We discuss key takeaways from Lenovo’s “ CIO Playbook 2026 ” report and how enterprises are now more focused on improving and accelerating business outcomes rather than simply improving productivity. Finally, we delve into what to expect in the near and far future, moving from Generative and Agentic AI to Physical and Embodied AI. Index: 00:00 - Intro 01:05 - Guest intro (Mark Budgen, CTO, Global Technology Partners at Lenovo, & Rajnikant Gupta, Global Head - Partner Ecosystems and Alliances, TCS) 02:28 - Current status of AI adoption in Enterprises, how AI can improve…

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