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EXL, a leading global data and AI company, is set to host its second annual IdeaTank innovation event at the Nasdaq MarketSite on December 8, 2025. The event celebrates the company's culture of rapid innovation and its AI-native workforce, providing a platform for employees to pitch new data and AI ideas. With a remarkable seven-fold increase in participation, this year's event has garnered over 11,000 submissions from EXL employees worldwide, with winning concepts receiving funding and resources for fast-track development into new client solutions.
EXL is hosting its second annual IdeaTank innovation event at the Nasdaq MarketSite.
The 2025 event received over 11,000 pitch ideas from employees globally.
Robert Herjavec from Shark Tank will join as a special guest and speaker.
Winning ideas receive funding and development resources to create new client solutions.
The event underscores EXL's strategy to infuse AI rapidly across its business and client offerings.
A previous winning idea developed into a deployed AI solution for fraud detection.
The IdeaTank event is a core initiative reflecting EXL's founding philosophy of continuous improvement and disruptive thinking. It is designed to empower the company's extensive employee base to contribute directly to its solution portfolio. The dramatic increase in submissions highlights strong internal engagement and a pipeline of ideas aimed at tackling critical industry challenges. Last year's success, which produced an AI-powered fraud detection solution now used by multiple organizations, demonstrates the program's tangible impact and its ability to translate internal creativity into market-ready capabilities.
A key feature of this year's event is the participation of renowned entrepreneur Robert Herjavec. He will engage with the finalists, share his expertise on scaling innovative concepts, and participate in a fireside chat with EXL Chairman and CEO Rohit Kapoor. Their discussion will focus on the future of data and AI-led transformation, exploring how artificial intelligence is shaping the next generation of industry-specific solutions. This collaboration blends internal grassroots innovation with external entrepreneurial wisdom.
The event finale will see finalists pitching their concepts live to a judging panel. The winning ideas, which span diverse themes like AI solutions, medical data applications, and capability enhancements, will receive strategic mentorship and investment to bring them to life. Rohit Kapoor, EXL chairman and chief executive officer, stated, “EXL was founded on the philosophy that there is always a better way. We believe in the power of disruptive ideas that reshape industries and unlock new value for our clients. IdeaTank empowers our AI-native workforce to innovate at speed, rapidly infusing AI into the heart of our business to enhance client experiences and deliver lasting value.”
EXL's IdeaTank represents a significant corporate innovation model, effectively channeling the collective intelligence of its global workforce to drive measurable business outcomes and solidify its position as a leader in practical, impactful AI applications.
About EXL
EXL is a global data and AI company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform businesses, including the world's leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and capital markets, retail, communications and media, and energy and infrastructure, among others. EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect. We are headquartered in New York and have approximately 63,000 employees spanning six continents.
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