India’s Happiest Minds sees GenAI reaching double digit revenue share in three years
BENGALURU: Happiest Minds Technologies expects a double-digit revenue share from its generative AI business within three years, up from 1.6% in fiscal 2025, as clients accelerate AI spending to cut costs and boost productivity, its top executive told Reuters. This makes it the first Indian IT firm to give a revenue forecast tied to the futuristic technology and the second in the $283 billion sector to report AI-related revenue after HCLTech. Earlier this month, HCLTech said advanced AI quarterly revenue crossed $100 million, accounting for around 2.7% of total sales, in the September quarter. Generative AI is a form of artificial intelligence that creates new content such as text, images or code by learning from existing data. It powers tools like ChatGPT and Gemini that mimic human-like output. “Today, all the new businesses we are signing, there is a huge amount of AI at play. When our sales guys go (to pitch to clients), they get an entry at the table only through AI,” MD Venkatraman Narayanan said on Wednesday. “That’s the flavour of the season.” Russia-backed sanctioned Indian refiner boosts crude runs to 90%, sources say Happiest Minds said its GenAI projects command a 20%–25% premium over standard rates.