HCLTech joins Microsoft Discovery Platform to accelerate research innovation

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NEW YORK and NOIDA, India, Dec 23, 2025 — HCLTech, a leading global technology company, announced that it has joined the Microsoft Discovery platform, an advanced agentic AI platform designed to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.

As part of this collaboration, HCLTech will participate in deep technical onboarding sessions with Microsoft’s Discovery team to align platform architecture, partner collaboration models and explore joint go-to-market opportunities. Following onboarding, HCLTech will take part in projects to accelerate solutions in areas such as chemistry and materials science, drug discovery and semiconductor design, leveraging its strong domain expertise across industries.

Through the Discovery initiative, HCLTech joins a select group of research institutions and tech innovators shaping the next frontier of innovation.

The Microsoft Discovery platform empowers R&D teams to conduct large-scale data processing and simulation, automate workflows and accelerate scientific innovation to tackle some of the world’s most complex challenges. HCLTech’s participation will extend these capabilities to enterprise-scale applications through collaborative proofs of concept, co-innovation labs and industry-focused implementations.

“HCLTech is a natural choice to help expand the Microsoft Discovery platform and the development of sustainable, innovative solutions,” said Aseem Datar, Corporate Vice President, Product Innovation, Microsoft Discovery and Quantum. “We look forward to building on our shared success and uncovering the next generation of transformative technologies together.”

“This selective collaboration reflects our ongoing commitment to advancing AI technologies in partnership with leading innovators,” said Hari Sadarahalli, Corporate Vice President, Engineering R&D Services at HCLTech. “By combining our deep domain expertise and cloud-based computing services with Microsoft’s enterprise-ready platform, we will accelerate scientific breakthroughs and deliver faster innovation across industries to our clients.”

About HCLTech

HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 226,600 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around AI, digital, engineering, cloud and software, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, High Tech, Semiconductor, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, Mobility and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending September 2025 totaled $14.2 billion. To learn how we can supercharge progress for you, visit hcltech.com.

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