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Key Conference Call Highlights

Reflection on FY26 Performance & Execution Gaps

* Q4FY26 Performance: Q4FY26 performance was primarily impacted by the conflict in the Middle East, which delayed committed deal closures and project executions. The company was unable to go live on certain engagements, amid the ongoing regional disruption

* Results below Par: The management admitted that FY26 results were below par by its own standards. While they originally planned for 30% revenue growth, the actual result was 20.2%. After quadrupling the business in the last 5 years, the management noted the company had become stretched in places.

* Major Deal Wins: The Data Centre business reached a clear inflection point during FY26, driven by the company’s largest-ever data centre order worth INR 3.5 Bn from a leading hyperscaler operator, alongside a significant brownfield facility design and execution mandate in Mumbai

Sector-Specific Strategic Updates

* Data Centers: The business reached a clear inflection in FY26, securing one of India’s largest AI-focused mandates from a leading Hyperscaler

* Transit: The focus is on owning the full stack (software, systems, and hardware), which the management believes separates category leaders from average vendors. Global expansion in this segment is accelerating to compete at scale

* Banking: Management believes they have the most modern stack in the market and would invest aggressively over the next 2 quarters to create a stack that can displace legacy vendors globally

Financial Strategy & Risk Management

* Balance Sheet Pressure: The management expressed willingness to absorb temporary balance sheet pressure and higher working capital needs (estimated between INR 2,000 - 2,500 Mn) rather than underinvest in current opportunities

* Geopolitical Resilience: The war in the Middle East significantly impacted Q4 deal closures and project completion. In response, the management is diversifying geographically into Southeast Asia and Europe to reduce dependence on the MEA region

* Efficiency and Productivity: To manage the high R&D costs (estimated at INR 1,500-2,000 Mn for the next year), the company is using AI-based code generation to drive material productivity improvements in software development

Future Outlook

* Strong Order Book: The company would enter FY27 with an order book exceeding INR 18,000 Mn and a healthy pipeline across all segments

* Vision 2030: Despite near-term roadblocks, management's conviction in their Vision 2030 has strengthened. They expect to continue growing ahead of industry rates and aim to make the current decade count for shareholders

* R&D Spends: The management guided for total R&D spends of INR 1.5–2.0 Bn in the next year. The primary focus is rebuilding the entire product suite into "Software 2.0," utilizing agentic AI architectures where AI agents handle reasoning and workflows in real-time

Expanding the Product Surface Area

* Targeting Wallet Share: Historically, they averaged 1.5 products per Indian bank. They have now reached over 2 products per bank and aim to grow this to 5-7 products per relationship

* Acquisition Rationale: Recent acquisitions, such as Infrareds, Omnifin, Fintra, and Aria, were specifically chosen to expand this product "surface area" and enable better cross-selling and upselling

* Strategic Pivot to AI and Data Centers

* Generational Opportunity: The management is significantly stepping up both expensed and capitalized investments in AI and data centers, viewing this as a narrow window to capture a generational opportunity for shareholders

* AI-Native Product Stack: The company is rebuilding its banking stack to be AI-native, utilizing agentic architecture and proprietary research into foundation models tuned specifically for banking

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