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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, March 22, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Nasuni is developing a capability where large language models would analyze detailed records of how files are being accessed and written across its platform, then suggest or apply changes to improve storage efficiency and reduce cost. As of early 2026, this remains under active development — described by Nasuni executives but not yet shipped as a generally available product.
Details
Nasuni's Field CTO John Capello disclosed in an October 2025 interview that the company tracks storage input/output (I/O) operations across its platform and plans to integrate this telemetry into large language models to generate recommendations for optimizing how and where data is placed. A companion product, Ops IQ (launched July 2025), provides human-readable dashboards of the same operational data as an interim step. Nasuni's February 2026 Hyderabad R&D center expansion announcement listed predictive analytics and AI-driven operations as explicit focus areas for the expanded team, confirming this capability remains under active development. The company's October 2025 roadmap statement describes plans to integrate this capability natively within the Nasuni Portal for analyzing and acting on telemetry from customer infrastructure.
Products affected
Nasuni File Data PlatformOps IQNasuni Portal
Sources & Evidence
News Article
Other practices by Nasuni
OtherNasuni is developing a capability where large language models would analyze detailed records of how files are being read and written across its platform, then automatically suggest or apply changes to improve storage efficiency and reduce cost. Unlike many AI features that work with the content of files, this system focuses entirely on the technical behavior patterns of file storage — not what files contain. As of early 2026, this capability has been described by Nasuni executives but has not yet shipped as a generally available product.ProductivityNasuni offers open-source software tools that allow AI agents — software programs that can take actions autonomously, like a virtual assistant that can actually perform tasks rather than just answer questions — to securely access and work with files stored in Nasuni. Using an open standard called Model Context Protocol (MCP), these tools let AI agents search, read, and manage enterprise files. The initial open-source tools were announced in October 2025; a full commercial product called AI Activate entered invite-only preview in April 2026 with general availability planned for Q4 2026.ProductivityNasuni provides guidance and technical tools that allow its customers to build their own AI chatbots — using Microsoft Copilot Studio — that can answer questions based on files the company already stores in Nasuni. Nasuni also built its own internal chatbot called "Ask Nasuni," which runs inside Microsoft Teams and allows employees to ask questions answered by the company's own documents. This guidance was released in April 2024.
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