{"slug": "nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates", "title": "Nutanix Cloud Platform gains MCP server, AI updates", "summary": "Nutanix launched an open-source model context protocol (MCP) server for its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) that uses the Prism v4 API to let AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor translate plain-English requests into infrastructure API actions, with role-based access control and human-in-the-loop oversight. The company also announced plans to cut up to 5% of its workforce, as disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.", "body_md": "Nutanix launched a model context protocol (MCP) server for its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) that is designed to support NCP users in tapping AI tools to automate multicloud operations.\n\nThe Nutanix MCP server is an open-source software tool that uses Nutanix’s Prism v4 API to link AI agents and developers with NCP. It acts as a secure passthrough between AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Cursor to translate “plain-English requests” into “precise infrastructure API actions.”\n\nThe Nutanix Prism v4 API Gateway handles all execution, governance, and security controls. The vendor explained that the gateway is central to the offering’s secure nature, noting that “rather than risking unassisted changes to production environments, IT operators can safely use AI assistants to analyze system health, surface diagnostics, and accurately stage automation workflows while maintaining operator oversight through 'human-in-the-loop' capabilities.”\n\nThe MCP Server takes that insight to provide a “predictable environment” for an enterprise’s AI operations. That predictability comes from providing system blueprints to developers to help produce platform-ready scripts in their preferred coding languages and more easily configure security permissions through a single interface or build their own custom AI agents to automate and govern their Nutanix infrastructure.\n\nOnce enabled, the MCP Server can support role-based access control (RBAC) that limits autonomous agents to executing calls only on authorized APIs; traffic regulation to throttle and meter agent traffic; auditing logs to show visibility into AI agent actions; and the ability to offload long-running operation as asynchronous tasks “allowing autonomous agents to efficiently track progress and execution status until completion.”\n\n“Nutanix has a long history of using automation to simplify complex cloud operations. The MCP server is an exciting next step on our journey, allowing us to bring the power of autonomous AI agents to cloud management,” Thomas Cornely, EVP for product management at Nutanix, noted in a statement. “By creating a secure gateway between AI tools and our platform, we are giving customers the confidence to safely use AI to operate and govern their hybrid cloud environments.”\n\n## NCP AI updates\n\nThe MCP Server launch continues Nutanix’s AI-focused updates to NCP.\n\nThe vendor [earlier this year added](https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/nutanix-ncp-injected-with-ai-kubernetes-partner-pizzaz/) AI, Kubernetes, and storage services, and more recently [injected its Agent Gateway AI control plane](https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/nutanix-targets-enterprise-ai-wallet-bleed-with-agent-control-plane/) into NCP. These moves are targeted at bolstering that platform as a stronger offering for enterprises looking at alternatives to rivals like VMware and Red Hat.\n\nNutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami [told attendees at the vendor’s .NEXT event earlier this year](https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/nutanix-ceo-hints-at-potential-emboldened-march-up-the-stack/) that customers increasingly want to evolve their internal process to take advantage of “modern cloud-native applications and AI.”\n\n“They're building and running modern applications, they're looking at inferencing workloads, they're looking at agentic AI use cases, and we take the platform forward to help them. So that’s the next seven years of mechanics,” Ramaswami said. “It's just an evolution of us as a company with the times, and I tell you this: every tech company has to do this. You can't be static and just do the one thing that you're doing, because things move and things change very dynamically, and we have to evolve, and that's what we do.”\n\n## Job cuts planned\n\nThe updates also come on the heels of Nutanix announcing plans to slash up to 5% of its workforce. That move was signaled through a [Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing](https://ir.nutanix.com/static-files/4061bfe3-ff5b-4f37-b3c3-d2693649ac71) and explained as coming after “a review of its business structure.”\n\n“The workforce reduction is intended to streamline and realign the company’s organizational structure; improve operational efficiency and agility; and reallocate resources toward strategic priorities and long-term growth objectives,” the filing noted.\n\nNutanix did not provide a specific number of jobs being cut or the location of those reductions.\n\nA Nutanix spokesperson provided some additional insight in an email to *SDxCentral*, noting that \"as Nutanix continues to execute its long-term strategy, we are aligning our resources to better support the areas where we see the greatest growth opportunity.\"\n\n\"To support that effort, we have made the difficult decision to realign the size and structure of certain teams across the company, including a global reduction of approximately 5% of our workforce, alongside broader organizational changes,\" the email continued. \"This will help us better invest in areas critical to our future including AI, modern application platforms with NKP [Nutanix Kubernetes Platform], infrastructure modernization through external storage, and customer-facing sales resources. Ultimately, we believe these actions will help us execute more effectively, improve agility, and better serve our customers and partners over the long term. We are committed to supporting affected employees with care and respect throughout this transition.\"\n\nNutanix did report better than expected earnings for its [most recent fiscal quarter](https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/nutanix-rides-vmware-migrations-bumpy-supply-chain-course/) that were bolstered by continued traction in gaining disenchanted VMware customers against some tightening due to ongoing supply chain challenges.\n\nNutanix’s results for the third quarter (Q3) of its fiscal 2026 showed revenues increasing 10% year over year to $703 million for the quarter. That growth was backed by more than 700 “new logo” wins, with Ramaswami telling investors “most of our customers are coming from and migrating away from” VMware and Broadcom.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates", "canonical_source": "https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates/", "published_at": "2026-08-10 15:32:58+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 15:39:26.091329+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-tools", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Nutanix", "Nutanix Cloud Platform", "Prism v4 API", "GitHub Copilot", "Claude Code", "Cursor", "Thomas Cornely", "Rajiv Ramaswami"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nutanix-cloud-platform-gains-mcp-server-ai-updates.jsonld"}}