Indian steelmaker Tata Steel Limited has entered into a partnership with Google Cloud to scale up autonomous capabilities across its global operations, using agentic artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a joint statement of the two companies said on Wednesday, April 22.
Already more than 300 specialized AI agents have been deployed in just nine months, which is driving efficiency and precision in Tata Steel’s operations, the statement said.
"Working with Google Cloud has allowed us to turn AI from a technical experiment into a specialized partner for every employee,” said Tata Steel’s chief information officer (CIO) Jayanta Banerjee said in the statement.
This collaboration not only introduces new tools but also fosters an execution engine, empowering employees to act promptly on insights, he said.
The digital transformation is steered by two platforms: 'Zen AI', facilitating low-code AI agent development by non-expert employees, and the Tata Steel Digital Assistant (TDA), which centralizes diverse data streams.
"By creating a new blueprint for autonomous business processes at scale, Tata Steel has demonstrated that the synergy between a unified data cloud and generative AI is the key to turning industrial complexity into a distinct, data-driven competitive edge,” Sashi Sreedharan, managing director of Google Cloud India, said.
