Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What the FY26 numbers show The fiscal 2026 hiring data has one headline and one finding, and they are not the same thing. The headline is that AI hiring in India is growing. The finding is where it is growing, and at what level of seniority. GCCs now account for an estimated 30% to 35% of AI-related hiring in India — roughly a third of the market, sitting inside captive centres rather than supplier firms. They added nearly 200,000 net employees in fiscal 2026, almost twice the 110,000 added by IT services firms. That is the third straight fiscal year in which GCCs led net hiring. India had 2,117 GCCs employing about 2.36 million professionals in fiscal 2026, generating $98.4 billion in revenue. More than 1,200 of them have embedded AI and machine learning capabilities. More than 77% of…
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