According to reports from Business Standard, Info Edge has announced the broad rollout of its AI-powered recruitment platform, with AI-Rex, Talent Pulse, and PremiumX scaling across enterprises. The company's commitment to AI technology is reflected in its substantial investment, with Info Edge investing approximately ₹70 crore in AI during FY26, with investment expected to reach approximately ₹150 crore in FY27. The platform currently hosts over 118 million candidate profiles with an average daily new addition of around 25,000 profiles and serves approximately 13 million monthly active users. This represents an 114% surge in AI investment from FY26 to FY27, indicating an aggressive CAPEX push into technology.
Latest data from Naukri's monthly JobSpeak report reveals a significant shift in India's recruitment landscape, with AI hiring in the IT sector increasing 16% year-on-year in June 2026 while overall IT hiring declined 3%. As reported by Storyboard18, this trend reflects companies' continued investment in specialized AI talent despite broader industry challenges. Hitesh Oberoi, CEO of Info Edge, explained that the gap between AI hiring and overall IT recruitment demonstrates where companies are prioritizing their investments, with AI becoming a core capability requiring experienced and specialized professionals. The ₹150 crore AI budget for FY27 signals long-term commitment to infrastructure and talent acquisition in the AI domain, positioning Info Edge ahead of domestic peers in AI-driven recruitment.
As reported by Business Standard, Naukri AI-Rex is the company's flagship Agentic AI product designed to enhance recruiter productivity across the hiring workflow. The platform now operates across 4,000+ enterprise customers and recruitment firms, with more than 10% already converted to paid clients. Hiring mandates through the AI-Rex platform have grown 3.7x between February and June 2026, with adoption spanning IT, BFSI, Sales, Finance, Healthcare, BPO, and Core Engineering sectors. The ₹150 crore AI budget for FY27 signals a long-term commitment to infrastructure and talent acquisition in the AI domain, positioning Info Edge ahead of domestic peers in AI-driven recruitment.
According to Business Standard, Talent Pulse, Naukri's AI-powered talent intelligence platform, now serves over 600 paid customers with adoption ranging from large enterprises to smaller organizations. The platform enables enterprises to benchmark compensation, analyze talent availability, evaluate employer branding, and make workforce planning decisions using AI-powered insights. Together with Executive Intelligence, these products expand Naukri's addressable market into talent intelligence and strategic workforce planning. The ₹150 crore AI investment is intended to improve match-rates and reduce time-to-hire for corporate clients, transforming Naukri.com from a listing platform to a data-intelligence provider for enterprises.
According to Business Standard, PremiumX, Naukri's AI-powered premium hiring platform, serves over 1,800 enterprise customers and enables them to reach the vast majority of India's white-collar professionals earning above ₹30 lakh annually. The platform uses AI-driven talent discovery and NChecked profiles to identify both active and passive candidates. Naukri Top Tier extends this reach to an invite-only network for senior professionals, while iimjobs and hirist extend their reach into management/leadership and premium technology hiring, respectively. The ₹150 crore AI investment indicates a focus on high-value, high-ticket recruitment segments, with the launch of PremiumX signaling consolidation of power within the recruitment vertical where high tech-spend becomes a barrier to entry for smaller players.
