Nano giants: Niche tech firms fuel India’s next GCC wave
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tiny, niche back offices for high-tech, specialised work are being set up by new-age companies in India at an increasing pace, a trend that experts believe has the potential to take the global capability centre (GCC) wave to the next level in the country. According to industry insiders, companies such as M31, d-Matrix, and MemryX, among several others, are increasingly setting up focused ‘nano’ GCCs in India.
Michigan-based MemryX and Padova, Italy-based M31 are semiconductor companies working on building intellectual properties (IPs) and computing software. California-based d-Matrix builds computing solutions for its AI (artificial intelligence) models. The objectives of these companies, which have workforces between 50 and 200 employees, vary.
Some want to build niche software products and platforms in India. Others focus on specialized needs for their parent companies. And some others want to test the GCC landscape in the country before eventually scaling up operations.
The companies mentioned above did not respond to Mint’s queries. “GCCs have now become size-agnostic," said Lalit Ahuja, founder and chief executive of Bengaluru-based ANSR, which sets up GCCs for companies in India, in a conversation with Mint earlier this month. “The concept of micro and nano (GCCs) started years back and is becoming mainstream in the industry." Also read | Tech Mahindra in advanced talks to set up 300-member GCC for Goodyear Ahuja added that companies can even have one-person GCCs as their size is not important anymore.
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