As macro climate changes, GenAI will also scale up: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh

Infosys is pivoting to a GenAI first company, Salil Parekh, chief executive and managing director of India’s second-largest software services firm told ET. In a wide-ranging interview with Sameer Ranjan Bakshi, Beena Parmar and Surabhi Agarwal, he spoke of his plans to prepare the $18.6 billion software services giant — through its Topaz platform — for the GenAI-led transformation that will take root as global macro-economic concerns ease. For now, as clients postpone large digital transformation projects amid uncertain demand for technology services, Infosys will choose profitability over growth. The 59-year-old — whose second tenure as Infosys CEO extends until 2027—said his spare time these days is devoted to experimenting with different AI tools. Edited Excerpts