Nilekani Urges Enterprises Modernize Legacy Systems

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani said at the Infosys Investors AI Day on February 17, 2026, that enterprises must modernize decades-old legacy systems to harness AI, warning that technical debt and data silos create a widening deployment gap between model capability and real-world implementation. He noted many firms spend 60–80% of IT budgets on maintenance, urged large-scale reskilling, and framed modernization as an opportunity for service providers.