New blueprint for global teams: How InCommon is reinventing the GCC

For many growth-stage startups and PE-backed global companies, building a high-performing offshore team in India comes   with structural challenges. Fragmented service providers, lengthy hiring cycles, and teams that often function as back-office units rather than innovation drivers can hinder scale and slow momentum. 

InCommon.ai was created to bridge these gaps. Headquartered in the United States with operations in Pune, the company serves as a full-stack Global Capability Center (GCC) partner, helping ambitious organisations build outcome-driven teams in India. Founded by Piyush Kedia and Roshan Shetty entrepreneurs with deep experience in digital services and IT ventures, InCommon aims to make India a trusted extension of global businesses.

Backed by $300K in pre-seed funding from Better Capital, it is expanding across the US, Europe, and the Middle East with a vision to position India as the preferred destination for global companies seeking scalable, integrated teams capable of delivering measurable business outcomes.
Its operating model is rooted in outcomes rather than headcount.

Teams are structured around client-specific business goals, ensuring every hire contributes directly to performance and impact. Proprietary talent mapping, location and compensation benchmarks, and pipeline analytics shape tailored hiring strategies. A key differentiator is InCommon’s referral-led sourcing engine, which taps into domain experts across engineering, product, and AI. This enables access to warm networks and high-quality candidates aligned with both organisational culture and business expectations.

Structured assessments including expert interviews and simulation-based evaluations conducted through partners like BarRaiser, further ensure precision in talent selection. Beyond recruitment, the company is building a broader leadership and innovation ecosystem. Initiatives such as the invite-only GCC Breakfast Series and India’s largest multi-city AI hackathon enable engagement with top talent, industry leaders, and innovators creating networks and insights that conventional job platforms may not match.

Seamless integration with client operations ensures that distributed teams function as genuine extensions of the global organisation, driving core outcomes rather than simply supporting processes. To date, six GCCs have been set up across sectors such as SaaS, healthtech, telecom, and marketing services, each designed to scale to 100–150 members over the next two years. 

InCommon operates on a pay-as-you-grow model with minimal upfront investment and comprehensive operational support, giving clients flexibility as they scale. A six-month talent replacement guarantee adds an additional layer of confidence. The result is a frictionless path for companies to build high-performance teams in India, without the complexities typically associated with offshore expansion.

India has long been perceived primarily as an offshore services destination, but its emergence as a centre of innovation is now gaining global traction. Enterprises are increasingly shifting their focus from cost-savings to strategic capability and innovation-led growth. By enabling the creation of high-performance, outcome-aligned teams with speed and measurable impact, InCommon is helping redefine India’s role in the global business landscape from an operational extension to a trusted centre of excellence that powers the next generation of global innovation.