Nutanix Declares Itself the AI Factory Operating Model

At its annual .NEXT conference, Nutanix positioned itself as the enterprise AI control plane, moving beyond its hyperconverged infrastructure roots. CEO Rajiv Ramaswami declared Nutanix the operating model for AI factories, with expanded support for agentic AI, Kubernetes, and unified VM and container management. Analysts from theCUBE Research highlighted shadow AI governance as the defining crisis driving adoption, noting Nutanix Kubernetes Platform is tracking at over 300% of targets. A broad partner ecosystem spanning Nvidia, AMD, Cisco, Dell and Microsoft signals a vendor-neutral approach designed to prevent lock-in across the hybrid AI stack.