Source: The Register
Infosys, TCS, Wipro, and HCL are experiencing structural margin erosion as AI handles routine code generation and testing—work that once justified large junior engineer teams at high markups. Headcount isn't falling despite revenue pressure, trapping these companies between legacy clients demanding lower costs and the need to retain talent for high-skill differentiation work. Unit economics are tightening. This reverses the standard tech worker anxiety about AI: not displacement, but the instant commodification of the labor arbitrage that made Indian outsourcing profitable.