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- Published on January 20, 2026
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AI Was Indian IT’s Saving Grace in Q3, And Hints at What’s to Come
Indian IT companies boasted AI revenue in Q3; however, it is still a very small percentage of total revenue.
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- By Mohit Pandey
India’s top IT services firms entered the December quarter carrying the promise that AI would lift growth, protect margins, and pump momentum into a sector that had been slowing for the past two years. That promise was delivered.
Revenues rose across the board, even as profits fractured and headcount strategies split.
TCS led by a wide margin, reporting ₹67,087 crore turnover in Q3 FY26 with sequential growth of 2%. Infosys followed with ₹45,479 crore, up 8.9% year-on-year. HCLTech posted ₹33,872 crore, growing 13.3% YoY. Wipro reported ₹23,555 crore, up 5.5% YoY.
Meanwhile, Tech Mahindra posted its strongest momentum in years, delivering ₹14,393 crore revenue at 8.3% YoY growth. Its net profit also rose 14.1% to ₹1,122 crore, even as others took a hit due to new labour codes implementation, restructuring costs, and one-time charges that cut into their margins.
But the big takeaway was AI, which is now Indian IT’s operating logic in how wor
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Mohit Pandey
Mohit writes about AI in simple, explainable, and often funny words. He's especially passionate about chatting with those building AI for Bharat, with the occasional detour into AGI.
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