Aug 29, 2026 · 32 min · 12 segments
What comes after ChatGPT? Is Agentic AI the next big breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence?In this episode of ABTalks, we sit down with Ananthanarayanan S, Managing Director, to explore the future…
Ananthanarayanan SGuest
Anil BajpaiHost
Coming to the career part, I know that most of the companies, even I worked for Infosys, some of the companies in India are established by South Indians.

Most of them are South Indians, right? So how do you see that, uh, contribution from South India? Is, is it continuing or do you see it's, uh, settling down a little bit or North is also taking a little bit on the race, the new startups or the new organizations are there?

I mean, I think, uh, gone are those days where the differentiation was a lot, right? I mean, when you look at Delhi-NCR is one of the biggest, you know, software and also export, you know, across the country.


One of the reasons why, you know, you would actually see a lot of people in the startup world is, you know, the focus on education extremely high.

The North has always been largely entrepreneurial, right? They focus on a lot of business and things like that.

South is all about, you know, knowledge, technical expertise, and that is sort of, you know, getting ...


I think if you look at, uh, the ranking, Delhi tops, you know, the NCR region tops in top three.

I think traditionally South has been the, you know, especially Bangalore, right? Even today, if you want to do AI, ML, there are hardly two, three places in the country where you get talent, especially GCCs where it's all about talent.

Coming to the career part, I know that most of the companies, even I worked for Infosys, some of the companies in India are established by South Indians.

Most of them are South Indians, right? So how do you see that, uh, contribution from South India? Is, is it continuing or do you see it's, uh, settling down a little bit or North is also taking a little bit on the race, the new startups or the new organizations are there?

I mean, I think, uh, gone are those days where the differentiation was a lot, right? I mean, when you look at Delhi-NCR is one of the biggest, you know, software and also export, you know, across the country.


One of the reasons why, you know, you would actually see a lot of people in the startup world is, you know, the focus on education extremely high.

The North has always been largely entrepreneurial, right? They focus on a lot of business and things like that.

South is all about, you know, knowledge, technical expertise, and that is sort of, you know, getting ...


I think if you look at, uh, the ranking, Delhi tops, you know, the NCR region tops in top three.

I think traditionally South has been the, you know, especially Bangalore, right? Even today, if you want to do AI, ML, there are hardly two, three places in the country where you get talent, especially GCCs where it's all about talent.
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