New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- For enterprises, 2025 was not the year of louder AI ambitions; it was the year of harder truths. After years of pilots, proofs of concept, and experimentation, organisations began confronting a more uncomfortable question: can AI actually run parts of the business safely and at scale?

In an interaction with CiOL, Phani Tangirala, MD & CEO, Expleo Solutions Limited, reflects on how enterprises moved from innovation theatre to operational accountability, why consulting became execution-first, and how trust, governance, and quality engineering are now inseparable from speed.

Rather than chasing novelty, enterprises spent 2025 building what Tangirala describes as the "grid" behind AI, governance, data quality, security...