Cognizant and Microsoft have announced a multi-year expansion of their strategic partnership designed to help enterprises evolve into AI-powered frontier firms that redefine work, unlock new value, and scale innovation responsibly by co-building industry-grade AI solutions, jointly co-selling globally and collaborating on large-scale deals across key sectors including Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Retail and Manufacturing, with the collaboration aiming to embed agentic AI and Copilot powered by Work IQ, Foundry IQ and Fabric IQ capabilities into mission-critical workflows to accelerate productivity, enhance customer experiences and strengthen operational resilience while also expanding on the Cognizant Neuro® AI Suite which leverages Microsoft cloud and AI services to bring advanced capabilities to the market; “Today, AI underpins and shapes every transformation program we drive,” said Ravi Kumar S, CEO, Cognizant, “We will co-build scalable solutions, co-sell globally and partner on large deals that deliver measurable outcomes for our clients by aligning this partnership to our three-vector AI builder strategy,” and he added, “By combining Microsoft’s trusted cloud and AI with Cognizant’s industry platforms, we are strongly positioned to help clients solve the last-mile challenge of scaling AI across the enterprise,” as part of the expanded alliance Cognizant will scale Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot adoption across delivery and consulting teams, upskill associates on Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry and related technologies to build an agile, AI-fluent workforce, and harness its proprietary platforms including TriZetto, Skygrade and FlowSource™ to deliver sector-specific innovations and modernize software engineering at scale while jointly pursuing major transformation initiatives.
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This enhanced collaboration marks a shift from earlier technology cooperation toward industrializing enterprise AI, aligning Cognizant’s deep industry expertise with Microsoft’s trusted cloud and generative AI ecosystem to drive measurable client outcomes, improve operational efficiencies, and support large-scale digital transformation across industries as both companies leverage their combined capabilities to help organizations overcome the last-mile challenge of scaling AI solutions in real-world business environments.