New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- As global business analytics transitions from descriptive dashboards to autonomous, agentic systems, Indian enterprises are confronting a structural question: can AI drive decisions at the pace businesses now demand? FireAI, an India-built business intelligence platform, believes the shift is inevitable but uneven.

In a conversation with Vipul Prakash, Founder & CEO, FireAI, CiOL explored the changing market, the barriers holding back India's SMEs, and what local platforms must deliver to compete with established global tools.

Interview Excerpts:

The analytics world is witnessing significant change, and at an unprecedented rate. Earlier, data tools were only descriptive, meaning they only showed what happened. Aft...