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The collaboration adds Red Hat AI Enterprise to HCLTech’s AI Factory as companies try to move AI workloads from pilots into production.

Tech Mahindra is teaming with French device maker Crosscall to sell carrier-approved rugged phones and edge AI safety tools to oil rigs, factory floors and telecom field crews across the US and Canada.

The lab aims to co-create smart, scalable solutions that work in real time on-site, whether in factories, hospitals, or other critical settings, so decisions happen instantly, without relying on the cloud.

NPUs push assistants and multimodal features onto the handset, cutting latency and improving privacy as upgrades accelerate