Cognizant and Microsoft have formed a multi-year partnership aimed at enabling enterprises worldwide to implement AI solutions.
The companies plan to jointly develop industry-grade AI technologies for critical industries including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, retail and manufacturing.
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The agreement includes global co-selling of these solutions and collaboration on significant deals within these sectors.
In addition, the partnership will see Cognizant and Microsoft embedding agentic AI and Copilot features into key business processes, supported by Work IQ, Foundry IQ and Fabric IQ.
Microsoft commercial business CEO Judson Althoff said: “Cognizant’s ability to marry deep industry expertise with bold innovation makes them an outstanding partner as we co-innovate to help enterprises become AI-powered Frontier Firms.
“By combining Microsoft’s trusted cloud and agentic AI capabilities with Cognizant’s platforms and delivery scale, we will accelerate the creation of industry-specific solutions that are embedded in the flow of work and unlock transformative value for our joint customers around the world.”
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By GlobalDataThis initiative aims to influence productivity, customer experience and operational resilience. It also builds on Cognizant’s Neuro AI Suite offerings, which leverage Microsoft cloud and AI services.
To support this initiative, Cognizant will promote the adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot across its consulting and delivery teams, while providing training for associates in Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry and relevant technologies.
The collaboration will further utilise Cognizant’s proprietary platforms such as TriZetto, Skygrade and FlowSource to drive sector-specific developments and updates in software engineering.
Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar said: “Today, AI underpins and shapes every transformation programme we drive.
“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.
“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.”
