Ixigo rebuilds app from scratch around AI voice agent 'Tara'

Ixigo launched ixigoNext, an AI-native app with multilingual voice assistant Tara handling trip planning and bookings for flights and hotels, plus Trip Mode and agentic features. Trains and buses follow. Rival MakeMyTrip has upgraded its own assistant Myra, signalling an agentic-commerce arms race in Indian travel retail.

— FiledWed, 13 May, 2026, 20:41 IST·First seen Wed, 13 May, 2026, 20:40 IST·Source The Hindu BusinessLine

What happened

ixigo · Ixigo launched ixigoNext, an AI-native rebuilt app with voice assistant Tara handling multilingual trip planning and bookings for flights and hotels,

Why this matters

Scout voice-AI, multilingual NLP, and agentic-commerce targets that could leapfrog a native rebuild rather than bolt onto legacy search-and-book stacks.