# Cognizant

> Cognizant is a global technology services and consulting company that helps large organizations modernize software, move systems to the cloud, redesign operations and put AI into production. Its advantage is less about owning a single model than combining a 356,700-person delivery network, deep industry knowledge and platforms such as Neuro, Flowsource, Skygrade and TriZetto with technology from major cloud, software and frontier-model partners.

- **Founded:** 1994
- **Headquarters:** Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
- **Founders:** Kumar Mahadeva (Founder and first CEO), Srini Raju (Founding executive)
- **Team size:** 356,700 employees as of June 30, 2026
- **Products:** Consulting and digital strategy, Digital engineering and application modernization, Data and AI, Cloud and infrastructure, Business process services
- **Notable:** $21.1 billion of revenue in 2025., 356,700 employees worldwide as of June 30, 2026., $29.1 billion of trailing-12-month bookings at Q2 2026.

## Products & services

- **Consulting and digital strategy** — Business, technology and operating-model advice tied to implementation.
- **Digital engineering and application modernization** — Custom software, systems integration, cloud-native development, quality engineering and legacy modernization.
- **Data and AI** — AI advisory, data modernization, generative and agentic AI deployment, AI engineering and responsible AI governance.
- **Cloud and infrastructure** — Cloud migration, management, workplace, mainframe modernization and infrastructure operations across major hyperscalers.
- **Business process services** — AI-enabled operations, automation, customer care, finance and industry-specific managed processes.
- **Cybersecurity** — Managed security, identity, data protection, cloud security, governance and AI security services.
- **Cognizant Neuro suite** — A family of platforms for AI orchestration, engineering, IT operations, cybersecurity, trust and business processes.
- **Flowsource** — An AI-led full-stack software engineering platform spanning the development lifecycle.
- **Skygrade** — A platform and service approach for cloud-native application modernization at enterprise scale.
- **TriZetto healthcare products** — Healthcare administration software and platforms for payers and related organizations.
- **AI Factory and Agent Foundry** — Infrastructure, tools and governance for moving AI agents from pilots into production networks.

## Achievements

- $21.1 billion of revenue in 2025.
- 356,700 employees worldwide as of June 30, 2026.
- $29.1 billion of trailing-12-month bookings at Q2 2026.
- Q2 2026 financial-services revenue grew 12 percent year over year.
- Serves 30 of the top 30 biopharma companies and 20 of the top 25 healthcare plans.
- Set a Guinness World Record in 2025 for the largest online generative-AI hackathon.
- Ranked number 605 on the Forbes Global 2000 as displayed by Cognizant in 2026.
- Named a Google Cloud Diamond partner in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported Q2 revenue of $5.481 billion, up 4.5 percent year over year, with 356,700 employees and $29.1 billion in trailing bookings.
- **2026-07** — Expanded its Anthropic partnership, becoming a Global Premier Partner and committing to a large frontier-model certification pipeline.
- **2026-07** — Announced frontier AI cyber-defense services with OpenAI for vulnerability discovery, validation and remediation.
- **2026-06** — Expanded alliances with ServiceNow, Rubrik, Snowflake and CrowdStrike around governed agentic AI.
- **2026-04** — Partnered with OpenAI to embed Codex across its software engineering organization and client modernization work.
- **2026-04** — Announced Project Leap to fund AI investment, reskilling and operating-model changes; expected 2026 charges of $230 million to $320 million.
- **2026-04** — Established a dedicated Gemini Enterprise practice and received Google Cloud Diamond partner status.
- **2026-03** — Launched Cognizant AI Factory to expand enterprise AI infrastructure capabilities.
- **2026-02** — Partnered with Palantir on AI-driven modernization for healthcare and enterprise operations.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cognizant.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognizant
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Cognizant
- GitHub: https://github.com/Cognizant
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cognizant
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cognizant/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cognizant

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Last updated: 2026-08-11