New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Large clients helped soften the blow from an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered upheaval for at least three of India's top five software services providers this year so far. Yet, analysts say, even that may have come at the cost of smaller peers.

Revenue from the top 10 accounts grew 6.92% for Infosys Ltd, 0.32% for Wipro Ltd, and 1.58% over the previous year for Tech Mahindra Ltd in the nine months ended September, outpacing their overall growth, according to Mint's analysis of their financials. The overall revenue of Infosys and Tech Mahindra grew 2.77% and 1.21%, while it declined 0.94% for Wipro during the period.

The top five IT services companies get at least a fifth of their revenue from their 10 largest ac...