Cognizant Creates 25,000-Strong OpenAI Capability Group for Enterprise AI
Information technology services company Cognizant has formed a dedicated workforce group of more than 25,000 professionals to deploy OpenAI technologies across enterprise operations, Education Times reported. The specialised business practice brings together software developers, data scientists, and industry consultants trained to implement tools including ChatGPT and Codex within corporate client workflows, BW Businessworld reported. Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S stated that the emergence of tools such as Codex and ChatGPT is transforming both who builds enterprise technology systems and how organisations engineer them, BW Businessworld noted. Kumar observed that over the last 50 years, each shift in enterprise technology has reshaped who builds systems and how, Verdict reported.
Internal Workforce Upskilling and Certification Milestones
To build internal delivery capabilities, the global technology services provider has expanded comprehensive learning programs across its technical workforce, Education Times reported. The IT major noted that upwards of 21,000 associates have attained greater than 40,000 official OpenAI credentials upon finishing specialized learning modules, Education Times stated. The company stated that the workforce initiative draws upon its Frontier workforce model to cultivate Frontier Certified Engineers holding credentials issued directly by frontier AI model creators. Executives noted that businesses require specialized personnel who possess practical skills to link generative software utilities directly with core IT infrastructure and customer operations.
Application Modernizer and Mainframe Code Migration
In technical application areas, Cognizant plans to use OpenAI models through its proprietary Application Modernizer tool, Education Times reported. The software modernization platform evaluates existing enterprise software architectures and helps businesses convert legacy mainframe code into modern cloud-based applications, Education Times noted. Company officials highlighted that technical specialists have already modernized mainframe computing environments for more than 500 enterprise clients. Cognizant affirmed that software engineers will continue to review consequential architecture decisions and verify technical accuracy throughout legacy code transformation processes.
Cognizant is an Advanced partner in the OpenAI Partner Network whose Codex hackathons in India and the Americas brought together more than 12,000 participants.
At a global biopharmaceutical company, Cognizant co-engineered an OpenAI-powered enterprise assistant that has handled more than 5 million conversations and cut content creation time by 60%.
Three Strategic Focus Areas and Multi-Platform AI Strategy
The dedicated practice is prioritizing three core operational domains comprising AI-native software engineering, legacy application modernisation, and agentic customer operations, BW Businessworld reported. In software development workflows, developers will utilize OpenAI's Codex coding agent to assist technical teams with drafting, testing, and improving programming code, Education Times reported. The strategic announcement followed eleven days after Cognizant introduced a separate dedicated group of 18,000 professionals focused on Google's Gemini technology, Education Times noted. Building multi-model technical delivery teams ensures the systems integrator can address diverse customer preferences across competing enterprise AI platforms, according to Education Times.