Tech Mahindra, Gao Feng Advisory Company join hands to set up AI Lab in Shanghai

Tech Mahindra, a leading IT services company, and Beijing headquartered global strategy and management consulting firm Gao Feng Advisory Company on Thursday join hands to set up a Joint Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab in Shanghai.

The AI lab will work in the areas of futuristic digital technologies including AI Chatbot Services, Smart Process Automation, NLP ( Text Analytics), Image Recognition & Processing, Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics.

With this, both the firms aim to deliver unique and comprehensive set of services to their clients in the Greater China region starting from strategy to implementation and enabling clients in their Digital Transformation journey.

Tech Mahindra Senior Vice President and Global Head of Integrated Engineering Solutions Karthikeyan Natarajan said China has become breeding ground for the adoption of new technologies and innovation in recent years.

"We are operating our engineering services business for more than 15 years in China with 500+ engagements and we feel that we can provide solutions to the complex problems of our customers," said Natarajan.

TechMahindra official said the AI Lab in Shanghai will enable customers to reduce their product development cost through Agile/Devops process methodologies and AI-based testing & automation frameworks while helping them achieve high efficiency in manufacturing processes and utilising and monetising data apart from creating data analytics center of excellence.

Gao Feng CEO and Founder Edward Tse said the partnership with Tech Mahindra and setting up of AI lab allows Gao Feng to offer clients a broad set of capabilities beyond those typically found among strategy consultancies, leveraging deep expertise in the area of Artificial intelligence, IoT and Predictive Analytics.

The collaboration aims to play a significant role in transforming local Chinese as well as multinational enterprises to move to the next levels of digitalisation powered by AI.

The lab aims to create unique IPs and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to address not only industry specific business challenges but also create newer revenue streams for companies, specifically in Automotive, Healthcare, Hightech and Retail segments.