🤖 99x Launches AI Hub to Accelerate AI-Led Delivery in Sri Lanka

Global product engineering firm 99x has launched an internal AI Hub to monitor and optimize AI-assisted workflows across productivity, quality, costs, and customer value, positioning Sri Lanka as a leader in AI-led IT delivery. • Core AI Strategy & Operations • AI transformation built on 3 key pillars: tools/platforms, AI-led delivery processes, and people. • 90% of 99x teams have adapted from traditional Agile to AI-led delivery processes. • 100% of employees trained across 23 programs, totaling over 6,500 training hours. • ICT/BPM Talent & Role Evolution • Shift moves engineers away from repetitive tasks toward higher-value roles like problem-solving and customer engagement (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineers). • Leadership emphasized that Sri Lankan engineering talent remains globally competitive against European, Nordic, and US counterparts. • Active university pipeline collaboration across public and private universities (Moratuwa, Colombo, Peradeniya, Jaffna, Uva Wellassa). • Global Operations & Market Reach • 99x Agent Control Plane (Xians.ai) named ‘Best Agentic AI Solution’ at National AI Awards 2026. • Core growth focus remains on Sri Lanka, the Nordic region (with Sweden as an expansion hub), and the US.