Tredence Brings AI From Conversation to Creation in Kolkata

Tredence’s fourth AI Foundry event brought together AI engineers, data scientists, students, and technology professionals in Kolkata, with participants using the company’s ATOM.AI platform to build AI agents for solving real-world business problems.

Held on August 8, as part of Tredence’s city-wide AI Foundry programme, the event focused on moving beyond discussions around AI and giving participants hands-on experience in identifying business problems, breaking them down, and developing working AI-based solutions.

The event also highlighted Tredence’s plans to expand its presence in Kolkata. The company plans to take its workforce in the city to 500 employees by the end of this year and add another 500 by the end of 2027, with a focus on AI engineers and forward-deployed engineers.

Despite heavy rain, the event saw around 93–94% of registered participants attend, according to Raja Dasgupta, VP at Tredence.

“Kolkata has always been a place of intellect, talent, and curiosity. And we are very bullish with Kolkata building the next talent ecosystem,” Dasgupta said.

He added that Tredence is looking beyond conventional technology hiring and is seeking professionals who can apply agentic AI to business challenges.

We aren’t just scaling technical capacity; we are onboarding the architects of enterprise intelligence. Our focus is on recruiting next-gen AI builders, data scientists, and Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) who don't just write code, but actively bridge the last mile to solve high-stakes industry challenges.

From AI Discussions to Building Working Agents

A key focus of the event was Tredence’s ATOM.AI platform, which participants used to work on business problems and develop AI agents.

Karthik Ragunathan, who heads the AI practice at Tredence, said the platform is designed to help enterprises automate business processes using AI agents.

“Every enterprise is sitting on a complex web of business processes. The real promise of agentic AI isn’t just basic automation; it’s about deploying autonomous agents to fundamentally re-architect these workflows so we can unlock unprecedented capacity. Orchestrating this shift is the defining challenge—and opportunity—for modern enterprises,” Ragunathan stated.

At the Kolkata event, participants were divided into 10 pods and given different business problems. They were required to understand the processes, break them into smaller modules, identify where agents could be used and develop solutions during the day.

The goal was to shift the AI conversation from technical experimentation to last-mile operationalisation, focusing strictly on where it drives measurable business value and decision intelligence. 

The event also attracted professionals from outside Tredence’s existing community. Raihan Khan, a founding AI engineer at UK-based fintech company Wyzr, said the event stood out because of its focus on business applications rather than technology alone.

AI Community Building Becomes a Hiring Channel

For Tredence, the AI Foundry programme is also becoming a way to engage with and identify AI talent outside traditional hiring channels.

Kingshuk Manna, Senior Director and Executive Delivery Partner, Tredence, said the company plans to continue similar programmes in Kolkata and expand its engagement with universities.

“Our vision includes forging strategic academic alliances with premier institutions in the region—such as Calcutta University, Jadavpur University, and ISI Kolkata. Through these partnerships, we aim to cultivate, identify, and seamlessly integrate top-tier analytical and engineering talent into the Tredence ecosystem.” 

Tredence also plans to build a dedicated AI centre of excellence team in its Kolkata office and is exploring similar AI Foundry programmes with enterprise customers.

The Kolkata event was the fourth edition of Tredence’s AI Foundry programme, following events in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad.

Ragunathan said each edition had helped the company refine the format. Bengaluru was the starting point, Chennai was an experiment to test the format in a different market, and Hyderabad became an opportunity to scale the programme and test atom with larger groups.

“With Kolkata, we came in with a lot of confidence. Our confidence has significantly increased, and we have a few more cities to cover possibly this year,” he said.

He described the Kolkata edition in three words: grounded, value, and innovation.

Tredence Plans to Add 1,000 Professionals in Kolkata

The company sees the growing AI community as an important part of its expansion plans in the city.

Manna mentions that Tredence is growing at a compound annual growth rate of around 40% and plans to add 500 employees by the end of 2026, followed by another 500 by the end of 2027.

“We’ll be actively looking for AI and forward-deployed engineers to add to Tredence in Kolkata.”

Dasgupta emphasised that Tredence is looking for intellectually curious builders, professionals driven to bridge the 'last mile' of AI by solving high-stakes, real-world business challenges.