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Wipro buys 20% of insurance AI firm FLARRE.AI for $2,000

The IT services group says the stake will add AI agents that speed up work on insurers' core platforms.

Wipro's Electronic City campus, Bangalore
Photo: Ramesh NG from Bangalore, INDIA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). Wipro's Electronic City campus, Bangalore.

Wipro has agreed to buy 20% of insurance software business FLARRE.AI for $2,000 in cash, adding AI tools for core platform projects, the IT services group disclosed on 16 October.

Wipro signed the definitive agreement on 15 October through its step-down subsidiary Wipro IT Services, LLC. It disclosed the transaction to the BSE and National Stock Exchange in India and the New York Stock Exchange.

According to the filing, FLARRE.AI offers software development agents that work across different core insurance platforms. The tools are designed to accelerate implementation and deployment for product launches, expansions, upgrades and migrations.

The transaction is not with a related party and requires no government or regulatory approval. Wipro expects it to complete by 31 October.

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