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NAVIQ opens with over 2,000 travel AI staff
The Hindu BusinessLine··2d ago
IBS Group founder VK Mathews said NAVIQ Technology has begun operations with more than 2,000 employees and may grow to around 5,000. The vertical AI company targets airlines, hotels and cruise operators. Teams will be based in India and overseas. Mathews said the Kerala launch could strengthen the state's growing community of AI professionals in travel tech.
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What It Means For You
- NAVIQ is hiring for travel-sector AI roles in India and overseas as it scales toward about 5,000 staff.
- Airlines, hospitality firms and cruise operators are the stated customer targets for its products.
- Mathews framed the Kerala base as building an AI professional fraternity rather than a direct state subsidy.
What's Happening
- NAVIQ is positioned as a specialist AI company focused only on the global travel industry.
- Mathews said it could be among the first Indian firms focused exclusively on vertical AI for travel.
- He said humans will still oversee and verify software even when AI generates and tests code.
Who is behind NAVIQ
- VK Mathews is founder and executive chairman of IBS Group, which is backing the company.
- He described AI's dual impact as productivity gains and what he called outcome amplification.
- Mathews said airline leaders are seeking briefings on how AI will change travel businesses.
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