What is HCLTech's AI Foundry?
AI Foudry is a modular, full-stack offering that helps enterprises scale AI from pilots to production by aligning data, infrastructure and AI with efficient business outcomes, including:
- Improvement in AI-enabled value streams – tailor-made for LOB and business unit heads
- Increase in customer insights from analytics – ideal for CMOs and sales/marketing leaders
- Faster deployment and minimized tech debt and TCO – precisely what IT, data and AI leaders demand
What problem does AI Foundry solve for enterprise businesses?
Many enterprises are stuck in 'pilot purgatory'—unable to move AI initiatives beyond experimentation. AI Foundry solves this by providing the building blocks, governance and operational support needed to take AI from isolated proofs of concept to enterprise-grade deployments.
How is AI Foundry different from typical AI tools and pilots available on the market?
Unlike the types of standalone tools and ad hoc projects our competitors offer, AI Foundry is a complete end-to-end operations platform. Out of the box, it provides:
- A blueprint for AI-at-scale deployments
- Pre-integrated components (data pipelines, AI models, infra)
- Responsible AI governance and security
- System integration and managed services support
What are some of the key components of HCLTech AI Foundry?
AI Foundry provides enterprise clients all the following:
- Prebuilt AI models and utilities, allowing you to get started quickly and seamlessly
- Data pipeline assets – you won't get bogged down with infrastructure because it's all prebuilt
- Cognitive infrastructure that is compatible with cloud, hybrid and on-prem
- Business and process templates, ensuring you're not busy reinventing the wheel
- AI governance and policies – we provide the guardrails for safe, responsible, ethical and compliant AI use
- AI marketplace for reusable components, giving you the freedom to customize as needed
- Agent hub for convenient, central access
AI Foundary enhances enterprise innovation and automation.
What are some typical AI Foundry use cases?
Our existing clients are using AI Foundry to deliver all kinds of benefits across their organizations.Below are five such uses cases:
- Personalized customer experiences
Across retail, banking and healthcare, clients leverage AI to tailor interactions, offers and content based on behavioral and transactional data - AI-powered product innovation and demand forecasting
Used in manufacturing, consumer goods and logistics to optimize product design, inventory planning and market responsiveness - Conversational AI and content automation
Applied across industries for voice assistants, chatbots and auto-generated reports, manuals and communications - Regulatory compliance and intelligent document processing
Critical in financial services, healthcare and legal domains for automating audits, extracting insights and reducing manual errors - Agentic AI assistants for enterprise workflows
Enabling next-gen automation in HR, IT, procurement and customer service through goal-oriented AI agents that can reason, plan and execute tasks
Who was AI Foundry designed to support?
AI Foundry is an extremely versatile tool with use cases and measurable benefits in every part of the organization. The C-suite, for example, routinely leverages the platform to reduce tech debt and accelerate AI deployments. Leaders in marketing and sales tap into it to improve customer insights and marketing ROI. Managers on the front lines of the business are successfully driving operational efficiencies with AI-infused processes
How does AI Foundry integrate with existing environments?
AI Foundry offers flexible deployment and integration capabilities, with support for cloud, hybrid and on-prem, as well as inbuilt connectors for data, infra and various business applications. It is compatible with several major hyperscalers, including Azure, AWS, GCP and IBM, and physical infrastructures like Dell, NVIDIA and HPE.
What’s the AI Foundry value proposition for CIOs, CDOs and business unit heads?
The AI Foundry value proposition includes:
- Up to 5x improvement in AI-driven value stream
- 50% faster time-to-production
- 87.5% reduction in time to close compliance alerts
- $100M+ in cost savings through productivity improvements
How does AI Foundry help reduce costs and/or accelerate ROI?
For starters, the platform uses prebuilt accelerators to shorten implementation time. It offers a cognitive infrastructure tailored to business needs. We purpose-built AI Foundry to empower clients to freely experiment by tapping into a curated AI Marketplace. And finally, it promotes reuse, standardization and faster scaling
Is AI Foundry available on cloud, hybrid and on-prem?
Yes, AI Foundry supports all deployment models—cloud-native, hybrid and on-premises—and is tailored to match each organization's AI maturity and infrastructure.
