Cognizant and Google Cloud Expand Alliance to Accelerate Agentic Enterprise Transformation
Key Highlights
- ➤18,000 Cognizant engineers dedicated to new Gemini Frontier Capability Group
- ➤55,000 associates completed Cognizant’s largest Gemini partner workshop
- ➤Cognizant plans Gemini deployment to 100,000 associates this year, scaling to 200,000
- ➤Retailer achieved 40% developer productivity increase using Cognizant-integrated Gemini models
- ➤Cognizant and Google Cloud will deploy production-grade agents across four enterprise applications
Expert Statements
Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant
“Establishing our dedicated Gemini Frontier Capability Group lets our best frontier engineering talent focus entirely on getting frontier AI into production for clients.”
Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant
“Our Build with Gemini workshop gave over 55,000 associates that experience directly, earning them tangible skills on one of the world's most advanced AI platforms, and this new group is where that experience goes to work every day.”
Thomas Kurian, chief executive officer, Google Cloud
“Deploying AI agents at scale requires trusted partners with deep architectural and integration expertise.”
Thomas Kurian, chief executive officer, Google Cloud
“Cognizant's dedicated Frontier Capability Group and their skilling initiative for tens of thousands of engineers on Gemini will help our joint customers accelerate the adoption of autonomous agents throughout the enterprise.”
Cognizant and Google Cloud Expand Alliance to Accelerate Agentic Enterprise Transformation PR Newswire
* Initiative establishes new Gemini Frontier Capability Group, dedicating more than 18,000 engineers to help drive AI adoption for global enterprises. * More than 55,000 associates completed Build with Gemini, the largest Gemini partner workshop held to date, part of a shared commitment to scale client execution through Cognizant's Frontier Certified Engineers. TEANECK, N.J. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH ) and Google Cloud today announced a significant expansion of their partnership to accelerate the adoption of agentic AI, including a new Gemini Frontier Capability Group. The group brings together a dedicated global workforce that pairs Google's full-stack, enterprise-ready AI platform with Cognizant's domain, industry and engineering expertise as an AI Builder.
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