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Hexaware Dream Runners Half Marathon 2026 draws 7,339 runners in Chennai. Updated At: 12:13 PM Jul 22, 2026 IST Unlock exclusive Insights with The Tribune premium. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits PRNewswire Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 22: Over 7,000 runners participated in the 15th edition of the Dream Runners Half Marathon (DRHM) in Chennai on July 19, 2026, with Hexaware returning as title sponsor for the seventh consecutive year. The event remains one of the city's largest and reflects Hexaware's continued focus on health, community, and social impact. Fifteenth edition raises INR 50 lakh for prosthetic support, survivor services, and disability programs. Race preparation began several months before the event with free, structured training programs conducted across 14 Dream Runners chapters in Chennai. The sessions covered endurance, strength, recovery, nutrition, and injury prevention for participants in the 10K and 21.1K categories. Serving personnel from the defense, police, and civic services were part of the event, which has become one of its hallmarks. The run is AIMS-certified and professionally timed, providing a competitive race experience while remaining equally welcoming to first-time runners. Volunteer ploggers covered the route through the morning to keep it clean. "Seven years into Hexaware's association with DRHM, the scale of participation tells only part of the story," said Nidhi Alexander, Chief Marketing Officer, Hexaware. "The race provides sustained support to organizations that work with individuals and families across Tamil Nadu throughout the year. The commitment of the runners, volunteers, and organizers has helped DRHM develop into an important part of the city's annual sporting calendar." This year's event raised over INR 50 Lakhs, with the proceeds distributed among three nonprofit organizations. Freedom Trust works mostly in rural India, fitting amputees with prosthetics and mobility aids. Vijay Human Services has spent decades with children and young adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, running everything from early intervention to special education to vocational training. The International Foundation for Crime Prevention and Victim Care (PCVC) stands with survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, acid-attack survivors among them, staying with them from the crisis through the long recovery that follows. "Delivering the 15th edition took months of planning and coordination," said Rajeev Prasad, Race Director, Dream Runners. "Our heartfelt thanks to every runner, volunteer, partner, sponsor, and city authority who helped make race day a success again." About Hexaware Hexaware is a global technology and business process services company. Every day, Hexawarians wake up with a singular purpose; to create smiles through great people and technology. With offices across the world, we empower enterprises worldwide to realize digital transformation at scale and speed by partnering with them to build, transform, run, and optimize their technology and business processes. Learn more about Hexaware at https://hexaware.com. (ADVERTORIAL DISCLAIMER: The above press release has been provided by PRNewswire. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of the same) (This content is sourced from a syndicated feed and is published as received. The Tribune assumes no responsibility or liability for its accuracy, completeness, or content.)

Hexaware, Factory partner for enterprise agent-native software development. * July 17, 2026 Hexaware Technologies (NSE: HEXT), a global provider of IT solutions and services, has announced a partnership with Factory to take agent-native software development to enterprise clients across professional services, banking and financial services, and other major sectors. The partnership brings Factory's Droid platform into Hexaware's global delivery ecosystem, helping engineering teams build, test, modernize, and manage software inside the workflows they already use. Hexaware has also deployed Droids internally as "Customer Zero," using the platform in its own engineering environment before taking it to clients. Moving agents into everyday engineering work. As enterprises look to accelerate software delivery and modernization efforts, agent-native development is emerging as a new model for scaling engineering work. Through this partnership, Hexaware will train and enable its delivery teams to deploy and manage Factory Droids in client environments. The enablement work will cover: * Droid integration with SDLC toolchains, including GitHub, Jira, Azure DevOps, and enterprise CI/CD pipelines * Domain-specific agent configuration for regulated industries * Compliance-aware code generation and audit-ready documentation * Measurement of engineering velocity, quality improvement, and cost efficiency * Joint Factory and Hexaware squads to support early deployments and scale-up Early focus across key industries. Initial engagements are focused on areas where engineering complexity and governance requirements are highest. For instance, in professional services, Hexaware is applying Droids to legacy modernization, technical debt reduction, and large-scale refactoring initiatives. In banking and financial services, the focus is on application modernization within regulated environments. "We've seen dramatic gains in adoption over the last three months. We prioritized training our senior developers, architects, and pod leaders on Factory, and they became evangelists and champions across the organization," said David Corrado, SVP - Strategic Global Clients, Hexaware. "We're seeing 5x to 10x gains in production-ready output while investing the necessary time in guardrails and governance so these agents can operate with efficiency and safety." From internal use to client scale. Across internal codebases, Hexaware has used Factory's Droids for large-scale refactoring, documentation, code migrations, and repository consistency. That experience now informs how Hexaware plans to support clients in adopting agent-native development, with the right controls in place. "AI is changing software delivery from a support function into an execution layer within engineering," said Kush Gupta, Global Head - Professional Services, Hexaware. "With Factory, we're helping clients apply software agents to complex delivery work in a controlled way, with speed, consistency, documentation, and governance built into the process." "Hexaware proved this on its own engineering before bringing it to clients. That credibility, with their reach across regulated industries, is the kind of partner we want carrying agent-native development into the enterprise," said Matan Grinberg, Co-founder & CEO, Factory. Factory and Hexaware will bring the capability to market through co-developed offerings and delivery team enablement.

Hexaware Tech partners with Factory to bring AI agent-based software development to enterprises. Hexaware Technologies partnered with Factory to offer agent-native software development to global enterprise clients, integrating Factory's Droid platform into Hexaware's ecosystem. IT services and solutions provider Hexaware Technologies Ltd on Thursday (July 16) announced a partnership with Factory to bring agent-native software development capabilities to global enterprise clients across professional services, banking and financial services, and other sectors. Top Gainers Top Losers Most Active Price Shockers Volume Shockers | Company | Value | Change | %Change | | Laser Power and Infra Ltd. ₹262.42 | 48.42 | 22.63 | | Grindwell Norton Ltd. ₹2382.30 | 336.40 | 16.44 | | Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd. ₹192.23 | 23.26 | 13.77 | | Saurashtra Cements Ltd. ₹62.55 | 6.96 | 12.52 | | Satia Industries Ltd. ₹61.75 | 6.71 | 12.19 | As on Jul 16, 2026 3:59 PM Under the partnership, Factory's Droid platform will be integrated into Hexaware's global delivery ecosystem, enabling engineering teams to build, test, modernise and manage software within their existing workflows. Hexaware has also deployed Factory Droids internally as "Customer Zero", using the platform within its own engineering environment before offering the capability to clients. The partnership will enable Hexaware's delivery teams to deploy and manage Factory Droids in client environments. The enablement programme will cover integration with software development lifecycle (SDLC) toolchains, including GitHub, Jira, Azure DevOps and enterprise continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. The companies will also work on domain-specific agent configuration for regulated industries, compliance-aware code generation, audit-ready documentation, measurement of engineering velocity, quality improvement and cost efficiency. Hexaware said initial engagements are focused on areas where engineering complexity and governance requirements are high. In professional services, the company is applying Droids for legacy modernisation, technical debt reduction and large-scale refactoring initiatives. In banking and financial services, the focus is on application modernisation within regulated environments. "Across internal codebases, Hexaware has used Factory's Droids for large-scale refactoring, documentation, code migrations, and repository consistency. The company said this experience will help shape its approach to supporting clients in adopting agent-native development with the right controls in place," it added. "Cnbc Tv-18 has seen dramatic gains in adoption over the last three months. Cnbc Tv-18 prioritised training its senior developers, architects and pod leaders on Factory, and they became champions across the organisation. Cnbc Tv-18 is seeing 5x to 10x gains in production-ready output while investing the necessary time in guardrails and governance so these agents can operate with efficiency and safety," said David Corrado, Senior Vice President - Strategic Global Clients, Hexaware. Factory and Hexaware will bring the capability to market through co-developed offerings and delivery team enablement. "Hexaware proved this on its own engineering before bringing it to clients. That credibility, with their reach across regulated industries, is the kind of partner we want carrying agent-native development into the enterprise," said Matan Grinberg, Co-founder & CEO, Factory. Shares of Hexaware Technologies Ltd ended at ₹558.25, down by ₹5.60, or 0.99%, on the BSE.