Indian service provider Wipro plans to open a “technology innovation centre” in the highly-coveted Silicon Valley by the end of December 2015.

This move is thought to be a fundamental part of Wipro’s plan to build on its automation and artificial intelligence capabilities. Earlier this year, Wipro publically announced its intention to reduce its company headcount by 30 per cent through the use of robotic automation.

Wipro CTO K.R. Sanjiy commented on this development: “Why Mountain View? Bay Area represents that right area where we can bring together a lot of start-ups [to work with our] customers. We are working with lots of start-ups in the automation space.” The firm currently plans to have roughly 100-150 people working out of the facility.

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