Indian IT firms deploy $7.1B in acquisitions as AI erodes margins
Source: Indiatimes
India's largest IT services exporters—Infosys, TCS, Wipro—are accelerating M&A to offset margin compression from AI-driven client cost-cutting and reduced demand for legacy consulting. The shift from organic growth via billable headcount to inorganic scale reflects that traditional staffing arbitrage no longer sustains required returns. The $7.1B spend in just weeks of 2025 shows both available capital and urgency, but acquisition-led growth typically destroys value without genuine service transformation—a challenge these companies have struggled to execute.