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Rajiv Ramaswami

President & Chief Executive Officer (Board Member), Nutanix, Inc.

Search every verified Rajiv Ramaswami interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Rajiv Ramaswami, President and CEO of Nutanix, discussed the company’s fiscal Q4 2026 results during an earnings call on August 27, 2026. He noted strong execution on large multi-million dollar deals and addressed the impact of future start dates on renewal expectations, stating that no unusual pulling activity was observed in Q4. He also commented on the company’s land-and-expand strategy, emphasizing that expansion remains the larger proportion of growth relative to new land, and that the renewal base has continued to grow each year. In a July 7, 2026 keynote, Ramaswami highlighted Nutanix’s 2026 platform roadmap, focusing on agentic AI’s transformative potential and its applications in areas like personal productivity. He mentioned an investment of up to $250 million from AMD and collaboration on joint solutions with AMD GPUs. He also criticized VMware and Broadcom’s approach, asserting that they are forcing customers to buy full-stack solutions and adopt new hardware, which he characterized as a significant operational burden. He encouraged customers to consider alternatives that reduce dependence on such vendors, positioning Nutanix as a modern platform partner.

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“First, they're forcing you to buy the full stack, whether you need it or not. And the next step is going to be to force you to adopt the full stack. And that's going to require you to have new hardware, change your operating model quite a bit, and it's going to be a big lift for you all. And I would urge you all to think about, is that what you want to invest in? Because that's not a company that's necessarily focuse”

“AMD recently invested in us, up to two hundred and fifty million dollars, and we are together working on bringing joint solutions with AMD GPUs in the market.”

“A few years ago there was nothing in India for us, very little in fact. I remember when I graduated the job I got was Indian Telephone Industries. I don't think they exist anymore. They made phones, and it wasn't particularly interesting for us, so most of us went to the US. Most of us went to grad school there. And of course, that story has changed. There's so much of opportunity here in India, and unfortunately, in”

“So today we have 28,000 customers, that includes a thousand of the top 2000 globals in the world. So we have the big customers. We have the small customers. We are across every vertical. And all these customers are going through a journey. They all have these bulk of their applications today, virtual machine applications. They are slowly but surely moving into a world where more of their modern applications are conta”

“Broadcom bought VMware. Great company, great technology, but now it's a different business model when it comes to how you approach the market. That's creating a lot of disruption and that's creating a lot of openings for us to go get customers that would not have taken us up at the same rate. We've been adding here, last quarter, we added 700 new customers.”

“Look, a very topical thing for a lot of customers is how do they reduce their risk with their incumbent vendor? Broadcom now with having purchased VMware, that's very much top of mind for a lot of customers, of course.”

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