Srinivasan Seshadri, Chief Growth Officer and Global Head of Financial Services at HCLTech, opened the session by describing autonomous financial systems “like self-driving cars,” exciting in potential, but only if they “don’t crash against compliance.” AI, he explained, is now “integrated with the flow of money,” directing transactions, resolving disputes and guiding customer journeys.
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The most significant change in workplace AI isn’t another chatbot feature. It’s the rise of autonomous AI agents or software “colleagues” that can plan, decide and do multi-step work with minimal human input. Where traditional AI assistants suggest the next step, agents own entire workflows: ingesting documents, querying systems, making determinations, executing actions and documenting the outcome. For enterprise operations, that shift is profound.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept for the life sciences industry; it is a present reality. Technologies like GenAI and Agentic AI are finding immediate and powerful applications in the industry's operational core.
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As industrial players retool for the smart manufacturing era, they must aim for a 360-degree unified view of plant and asset information. End-to-end visibility is central to enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making that drives operational excellence while propelling manufacturers.







