Prolonged sales cycles and sluggish client decision-making have hampered Happiest Minds despite an otherwise relatively positive overall demand environment. Customers are torn between committing capital to current systems or waiting for disruptive, lower-cost artificial intelligence platforms to mature. This hesitation left constant currency topline growth at 6.8% year-on-year, lagging behind the company's target. Even with these enterprise headwinds, the firm still managed to generate ₹645.4 crore in total revenue for the quarter.
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The company is trailing its internal constant-currency revenue growth target of 12.5% for…: The company is trailing its internal constant-currency revenue growth target of 12.5% for the year.
Enterprise customers are increasingly delaying major software investments due to uncertai…: Enterprise customers are increasingly delaying major software investments due to uncertainty about how artificial intelligence will disrupt existing platforms.
Extended sales cycles and slow decision-making continue to challenge the conversion of ma…: Extended sales cycles and slow decision-making continue to challenge the conversion of market demand into realized revenue.
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The small-tier IT services provider posted a revenue of ₹645.4 crore for the second quarter, up 12.5% YoY and 2.7% quarter-on-quarter.
In constant currency terms, the topline grew 6.8% year-on-year.
Venkatraman Narayanan, managing director of Happiest Minds, said the company is behind its target of 12.5% constant-currency revenue growth even as the demand scenario looks relatively good.
"The sales cycles are long, decision-making is slow, and the environment is not helping things," he told ET in a post-earnings interaction. "One of the questions customers are asking is: if I spend this money, will AI come and disrupt it? If I wait longer, will I get a better solution with AI?"
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