Sri Lankan talent helps power SAGE as Sysco earns Gartner recognition

Sysco Corporation, the world's largest foodservice distributor, has been honored with a Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards runner-up title in the Retail & Consumer Goods, Americas category. This recognition is a testament to the company's dedication to technological advancements and AI integration. The enterprise AI platform at the heart of this achievement is the Sysco Agentic Ecosystem (SAGE).

A significant contributor to the creation of SAGE is Sysco LABS Sri Lanka. This team, comprising talented engineers from Sri Lanka, has played a pivotal role in the development of this cutting-edge platform. SAGE integrates governed agentic AI into Sysco's operations, spanning sales, supply chain, and administrative functions. This AI-driven platform connects AI agents with business data and systems, enabling them to recommend actions and execute workflows within a unified governance framework.

Thushera Kawdawatta, the Managing Director of Sysco LABS Sri Lanka and Vice President of GIC Strategy & Operations at Sysco, expressed her delight at this recognition. She emphasized that the acknowledgment validates the team's hard work and innovation. Kawdawatta highlighted that as Sri Lanka solidifies its position as Sysco's global AI epicenter, it is the people who are driving this technological evolution.

She underscored the importance of collaboration across Sysco's global technology ecosystem, noting that the company is not only embracing the future of AI but actively shaping it through the deployment of world-class talent and the solving of complex challenges at scale.