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UNKAPPED Expands to India to Target 100 AI-Ready Enterprises by March 2027
- •San Francisco-headquartered firm UNKAPPED Inc. is launching in India to provide forward-deployed AI engineering capabilities to enterprises struggling to compete for top-tier tech talent.
- •The company has committed to taking 100 Indian enterprises through its AI-readiness audit by March 2027 and deploying production-ready AI in at least 25 of them by December 2027.
- •UNKAPPED aims to develop 100 India-based forward-deployed engineers by the end of 2028 through hands-on training with live enterprise work rather than classroom courses.
- •The firm operates across forward-deployed engineering, applied AI agents, and go-to-market engineering to help companies integrate AI systems into legacy ERPs and operations.
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UNKAPPED Inc. is a San Francisco-headquartered applied AI and go-to-market engineering firm that operates on a forward-deployed model. Its engineers embed directly inside a client's business systems and departments to build AI agents, automate workflows, and ensure systems run in production with measured results.
At its launch, UNKAPPED committed to taking 100 Indian enterprises through its AI-readiness audit by March 2027, putting AI into production in at least 25 of those companies by December 2027, and developing 100 India-based forward-deployed engineers trained on live enterprise work by the end of 2028.
According to Dun & Bradstreet, while every surveyed Indian organization has an AI project underway, only 4% have data fully ready to scale AI, with 44% still planning or piloting. Additional obstacles include fragmented data across legacy ERPs and spreadsheets, diverse customer communication channels, and strict Digital Personal Data Protection rules.
