Cognizant has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to help global enterprises evolve into AI-powered “frontier firms” that redefine work, unlock new value, and responsibly scale innovation across industries. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly co-build and co-sell industry-grade AI solutions, collaborating on large-scale transformation initiatives across Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Retail, and Manufacturing. The partnership embeds agentic AI and Microsoft Copilot capabilities-enhanced by Cognizant’s Work IQ, Foundry IQ, and Fabric IQ-directly into mission-critical workflows to improve productivity, customer experience, and operational resilience, while extending Cognizant’s Neuro® AI Suite built on Microsoft’s cloud and AI services. “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.”
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Kumar 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.” The collaboration also focuses on workforce transformation, with Cognizant scaling Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot adoption and upskilling teams on Azure and Azure AI Foundry, while leveraging proprietary platforms such as TriZetto, Skygrade, and FlowSource™. “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,” said Judson Althoff, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft’s commercial business.