Happiest Minds Embraces Revenue-Sharing, Outcome-Based Deals Amid AI Shift

• Happiest Minds is open to revenue-sharing and outcome-based deals as AI transforms IT pricing models.
• Joseph Anantharaju, Co-Chairman and CEO, notes AI adoption is pushing clients to reassess tech strategies and pricing structures.
• Traditional IT pricing models are evolving, with AI-driven productivity gains accelerating movement towards outcome-linked contracts.
• Enterprises are rethinking workflows, application design, and data architecture due to agent-based AI adoption.
• IT services companies will need hybrid delivery models combining AI coding agents and human developers, increasing partnerships with AI platform providers.