31/03/2026
As enterprises move beyond pilots to embed AI at scale across strategy, operations, and customer experience, a key question emerges, what does it take to make AI work in the real world?
At the Indiaspora Global AI Summit 2026, Dattatri Salagame, President, MD and CEO of Bosch Global Software Technologies, joined Balu Chaturvedula (Walmart Global Tech India) and Navin Bishnoi (Marvell India) for a panel discussion moderated by Pari Natarajan, CEO, Zinnov.
The conversation focused on translating AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact, highlighting that success lies not just in building models, but in aligning them to business outcomes, ensuring system-level reliability, and scaling within real-world constraints.
Dattatri Salagame shared a grounded perspective on scaling AI in practice. At BGSW, AI operates across distinct archetypes such as mobility, industrial, and consumer each requiring different approaches and progressing at different velocities. As the shift moves from software-defined to AI-defined systems, particularly in mobility, AI is becoming integral to the product itself. And, in physical and safety-critical environments, scaling AI goes beyond capability as it requires rigorous validation, trust, and the ability to perform consistently under real-world conditions.
He further emphasized that AI delivers the most value when combined with proprietary domain knowledge, and must be deeply contextual, reflecting diverse user environments such as multilingual interactions and market-specific needs.
Importantly, he also highlighted how GCCs are evolving from ex*****on engines to product owners and innovation hubs, with a growing focus on market-specific delivery, innovation, and product ownership from India.
A compelling exchange on how AI will ultimately be defined by its ability to be engineered and scaled in the real world.
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