5 AI jobs replacing traditional tech roles: What Infosys Chairman says engineers must prepare for

Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani’s recent presentation about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the global economy, particularly on jobs, has taken the internet by storm. As a part of his presentation on Infosys AI Investor Day 2026 in Bengaluru, Nilekani claimed that AI is reshaping business in a way that no tech revolution has done before, suggesting that the AI wave will drive a complete revolution of ‘talent’ and tech jobs.

As per Nilekani, the ongoing revolution is set to make a lot of techies that had been hired in vast quantities across India near obsolete and pave the way for new AI-based roles. According to his analysis, over 90 million jobs are at risk today.