Cognizant is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud to bring agentic AI to more enterprise operations at scale.
The collaboration builds on a previous agreement to adopt Gemini Enterprise and aims to move from platform integration to immediate business implementation.
At this new phase, Cognizant will use Microsoft 365 and Gemini Enterprise within its own operations. The goal is to boost productivity, improve employee experience, and make delivery more efficient.
With Google Cloud, Cognizant helps companies turn their AI plans into managed, scalable systems that move from planning to applied use. Cognizant’s expanded partnership with Google marks a move from basic AI testing to the use of agentic AI on a much larger scale.
This next step is designed to help companies go beyond simple automation and use AI systems that can autonomously manage complex multi-step business tasks.
Procurement and supply chain leaders will find the focus on agentic solutions most important. These are AI systems built to work independently and achieve specific business goals.
Cognizant will launch a new service for clients that brings together Gemini Enterprise and Microsoft 365. This is meant to help organizations move from manual work to AI-powered workflows, including tasks like creating content together and overseeing supplier communications.
Google Cloud Global Ecosystem and Channels president Kevin H. Poranyi said: “Our partnership with Cognizant brings together advanced AI technology and deep industry expertise to help enterprises operationalize agentic AI.”
Together, we are enabling organizations to deploy enterprise-ready AI solutions that deliver real business impact.
To help standardize and scale its services, Cognizant is investing in the skills and tools needed to bring agentic AI to large businesses. It uses its agent development lifecycle (ADLC) to incorporate AI at every step, from design to rollout.
Cognizant Ignition, powered by Gemini, is designed to accelerate delivery, discovery, and prototyping, and strengthen clients’ data systems.
With Cognizant Agent Foundry, the company provides no-code tools and ready-made models for things like AI-powered contact centers and advanced order management. Clients can access these through Google Experience Zones and GenAI Studios, both of which are supported by a team of trained Gemini technology experts.
Cognizant sees this as a model for companies to use agentic AI at scale, moving from choosing platforms to having systems ready to run. The partnership with Google Cloud aims to give organizations ways to manage their AI and measure results.
Cognizant Core Technologies Plus Insights President Annadurai Elango said the partnership reinforces Cognizant’s position as an AI builder, a new kind of services partner focused on creating purpose-built, enterprise-grade solutions that deliver real business outcomes.
Cognizant brings together the optimal combination of people and technology, including proprietary IP and deep service expertise, to build industry-specific platforms, embed context into systems, and co-create agentic solutions customized to each client’s businesses.
The expanded partnership was first announced in October 2025, when Cognizant shared plans to help clients automate using Gemini Enterprise across services like NeuroAI and Agent Foundry. Both companies used Gemini Enterprise, Vertex AI, and the customer engagement suite to deliver results across different industries.
Gemini Enterprise lets employees use Google’s latest AI models and offers a unified experience for managing AI agents in one place.
Alongside its tech updates, Cognizant also shared its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 fiscal results. Net income was $648 million in Q4 2025, up 18.6% from the same time in 2024.
Revenue for the 4th quarter was $5.3 billion, up 4.9% year-on-year or 3.8% in constant currency terms over the full year. Revenue reached $21.1 billion, a 7% increase or 6.4% in constant currency terms.
Cognizant expects first-quarter 2026 revenue to be between $5.36 billion and $5.44 billion, representing growth of 4.8% to 6.3% or 2.7% to 4.2% in constant currency.
For all of 2026, Cognizant estimates revenue between $22.14 billion and $22.66 billion, an increase of 4.9 to 7.4% or 4 to 6.5% when adjusted for currency changes.
In late January, Cognizant partnered with Cognizant to use AI in software engineering. This will bring Cognizant’s DevIn AI, an autonomous software engineer that can handle development tasks independently, into business settings.
Source: Cognizant scales agentic AI operations through Google Cloud alliance
