Cognizant and Microsoft partner to co-build AI solutions

Cognizant has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to co-build industry-grade AI solutions, jointly co-sell globally and collaborate on large-scale deals across key sectors including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, retail, and manufacturing.  

The partnership will embed agentic AI and Copilot powered by Work IQ, Foundry IQ and Fabric IQ capabilities into mission-critical workflows.

This partnership also expands on the Cognizant Neuro AI Suite of offerings Cognizant is bringing to the market which leverage Microsoft cloud and AI services.  

Cognizant will scale Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot adoption across delivery and consulting teams, while upskilling associates on Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry, and related technologies.

The collaboration will also harness Cognizant’s proprietary platforms, including TriZetto, Skygrade, and FlowSource, aiming to deliver sector-specific advancements and modernise software engineering at scale.  

“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," Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant, said.

“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.” 

“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, CEO of Microsoft’s commercial business.

“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.”