As IT complexity escalates, Nutanix fights back

External IT developments have shaped Nutanix’s trajectory for three years; AI was an early influence.

Broadcom acquired VMware, and organizations may not be able to afford the “public cloud experience in private” offered under Broadcom’s VMware.

IT talent shortages and growing calls for sovereignty have added complexity.

At .NEXT 2026 Nutanix said it will prioritize flexibility.

Nutanix aims to be a premier agentic AI platform for cost management, containerized workloads, and leveraging existing hardware; it announced early access at Nvidia GTC and plans a final release in H2 2026. The Agentic AI integrates compute, storage, and networking, may reduce the need to scale all three components, envisions GPU-as-a-Service and various as-a-Service offerings, and Nutanix Cloud Manager will measure GPU usage, API calls, and model consumption.