NEW DELHI, June 25 -- Software as a service (SaaS), a business model that became popular among Indian technology startups over the past decade, is poised for disruption as the emergence of generative artificial intelligence automates various business processes. This, though, isn't hurting Nutanix, a San Jose, California-based software maker founded by India-born entrepreneur Dheeraj Pandey.

In an interview with Mint, Rajiv Ramaswami, only the second chief executive officer of the company in its 17-year history, said that the rise of generative AI "could offer a sharp tailwind for software companies, but for that, only those software firms that make software that's essential to the core technology operation and cannot be replaced by autom...