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Wipro deepens Google Cloud tie-up to fast-track AI-powered enterprise productivity
BENGALURU: Wipro has thrown fresh fuel on its alliance with Google Cloud, rolling out Gemini Enterprise across its global operations as it races to hardwire AI into every corner of the business. The technology group is betting that Google Cloud’s agentic AI platform will sharpen decision-making, speed workflows and give employees a single conversational gateway to company data.
The move is anchored in Wipro Intelligence, the firm’s unified suite of AI platforms and solutions built on a “Client Zero” philosophy: test internally, deploy externally. Under this playbook, Gemini Enterprise is being threaded into core functions including finance, HR, sales, delivery and customer support to boost efficiency, agility and employee experience.
Gemini Enterprise, Google Cloud’s next-generation agentic AI platform, offers an intuitive interface powered by Google’s Gemini models, allowing employees to analyse data, interact with applications and build no-code AI agents with enterprise-grade controls.
Wipro will now use its consulting muscle and Wipro Intelligence toolkit to push joint clients beyond scattered AI pilots and into secure, production-grade solutions at scale. Signalling this deepened collaboration, Matt Renner, president and chief revenue officer at Google Cloud, opened the Google Cloud Gemini Experience Zone at Wipro’s Partner Labs in Bengaluru. The space showcases more than 200 ready-to-deploy AI agents spanning healthcare, banking, insurance, retail, communications and manufacturing.
Renner said the expanded partnership would move customers beyond experimental AI pilots to real outcomes, delivering AI agents that create measurable business value.
Chief operating officer of Wipro, Sanjeev Jain, said deploying Gemini Enterprise across the company set a global benchmark for responsible AI adoption and would drive efficiency, agility and growth.
As Wipro and Google Cloud tighten their grip on the enterprise AI stack, the race to redefine the future of work is no longer a concept. It is happening in real time and accelerating at breakneck speed.
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OpenAI’s Stargate lead Peter Hoeschele exits with two senior leaders
Trio behind compute push set to join new startup amid leadership reshuffle
SAN FRANCISCO: Peter Hoeschele, a key figure behind OpenAI’s early Stargate data centre initiative, has exited the company, according to a report by The Information.
The departure is part of a broader leadership shift, with two other senior executives, Shamez Hemani and Anuj Saharan, also set to leave in the coming days. All three are expected to join the same new startup, although details about the venture remain under wraps.
The trio played a central role in OpenAI’s Stargate effort, an initiative aimed at building large-scale data centre capacity in-house to reduce reliance on external infrastructure providers. Their exits mark a notable moment for the company’s compute strategy as it continues to scale rapidly.
OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement to The Information, “We’re grateful for the contributions Peter, Shamez, and Anuj have made to OpenAI and wish them the very best in what comes next.” The company also pointed to the recent appointment of Sachin Katti to lead its industrial compute organisation, signalling continuity in its infrastructure roadmap.
OpenAI has indicated that it does not plan to directly replace Hoeschele’s role, suggesting a possible restructuring of responsibilities within the team.
As competition intensifies in the race to build next-generation AI systems, leadership changes in core infrastructure teams are likely to draw close attention. For now, the spotlight shifts to what this departing trio builds next, and how OpenAI adapts as it scales its ambitions.
