{
  "id": 3493256,
  "title": "Octave opens Tech and Innovation Centre in Hyderabad; plans to scale to 2,000 engineers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/octave-opens-tech-and-innovation-centre-in-hyderabad-plans-to-scale",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T10:54:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/octave-opens-tech-and-innovation-centre-in-hyderabad-plans-to-scale-to-2000-engineers/articleshow/133538396.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Industrial technology company Octave Intelligence inaugurated its Technology and Innovation Centre in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The facility, spanning 2 lakh square feet in HITEC City, is part of the company's global technology and innovation operations, encompassing software engineering, AI, data, cloud, product development, and other advanced technology capabilities.\n\nThe inauguration was attended by Telangana IT Minister D Sridhar Babu, Octave CEO Mattias Stenberg, and Octave Vice President, Product and Services Sekhar Konidena, along with other senior leaders. Minister Babu highlighted Hyderabad's growing appeal as a destination for global companies establishing their first Global Customer Care (GCC) centers in India. The minister noted that the city welcomed 75 new GCCs last year and aims to bring in 100 more by the following year.\n\nMattias Stenberg emphasized that Octave's technology and innovation hub in Hyderabad is a prime location to fuel the company's next growth phase. Konidena added that Hyderabad serves as a crucial technology and innovation hub for Octave. The company's teams contribute to products and platforms utilized by customers worldwide. The Hyderabad centre will further enhance these capabilities across software engineering, AI, data, cloud, and product development.\n\nOctave develops industrial software that integrates data, AI, and engineering expertise to assist organizations in managing complex and mission-critical assets and operations.",
  "summary": "With plans to scale to 2,000 engineers in the coming years, the centre will contribute to Octave's global technology and innovation operations across software engineering, AI, data, cloud, product development and other advanced technology capabilities, a release said.",
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