The case for a GCC
Why the best-funded companies
are building in India right now
Outsourcing was the old model. A GCC is different — it's your company, your culture, your IP, just headquartered in one of the world's deepest engineering talent markets.
India hosts 1,900+ GCCs generating $64B in revenue (FY2024)
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Expanded Talent Pool - 10X
India produces 1.5 million engineering graduates annually. For AI, cloud, data engineering, and full-stack roles, the talent pipeline is 10× deeper than comparable US metro markets — and the competition for it is still manageable for companies your size.
02
50+% Ongoing Engineering Cost Reduction
A senior software engineer in India costs $40–60K fully loaded. The US equivalent runs $180–220K. That delta doesn't narrow — it compounds. A 20-person GCC team generates $2.5–3.5M in annual savings from year one.
$2.5–3.5M annual savings for a 20-person GCC team
03
You Own It — not a vendor relationship
A GCC is a registered entity under your brand in India. Your team, your codebase, your processes, your institutional knowledge. No vendor lock-in, no relationship risk. When you scale, the value accrues to you — not to an agency.
COCO model: company-owned, company-operated
04
Operational By Month Three
Traditional GCC setup takes 9–18 months. Chordify compresses this to 90 days by leveraging our existing India infrastructure, legal entity experience, and active talent network in Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
90-day path to first live engineer