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Cognizant's Andreea Roberts spoke with Jeff Wang of Windsurf, Richard Seroter of Google, and Janak Sevak of Anthropic at #CognizantDiscovery2025 about democratizing AI through vibe coding and how our latest innovation, Enterprise Vibe Coding Blueprint, is helping Global 2000 enterprises scale AI-assisted coding across both technical and non-technical teams. They discussed how this approach is helping organizations transition to an AI-first operating model by accelerating workforce skilling, empowering non-coders to build with AI, and driving faster innovation and product development.

At #CognizantDiscovery2025, Sriramkumar Kumaresan shared insights on how AI is emerging as a dual engine of transformation within the cloud landscape—reshaping both the infrastructure that supports it and the services it enables.

At #CognizantDiscovery2025, our leaders shared how we're helping organizations harness the power of AI to drive measurable business value. From unlocking new levels of productivity and agility to enabling full-scale transformation, the conversations focused on turning innovation into outcomes. In one session, Cognizant's Prasad Sankaran and Pramod Bijani demonstrated how AI can accelerate legacy modernization by rebuilding critical applications to create the next generation insurance enterprise—free from the burden of technical debt and designed for resilience. Prasad then spoke with Mike Mead of CNO Financial Group about AI's growing role in insurance and our mission to safely and securely build, deploy, and continuously improve intelligent agents.

Former PepsiCo CEO and author Indra Nooyi joined Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S onstage at #CognizantDiscovery2025 for an engaging discussion that explored what it really takes to create impact, whether in business or in sports. Their conversation spanned navigating change in fast-moving industries to leading through uncertainty and staying grounded when markets shift. Both shared personal insights on how to anticipate pivotal moments and how organizations can position themselves to thrive in the AI-driven era. The dialogue was equal parts reflective and forward-looking and served as a reminder that while tools may evolve, the essence of leadership, teamwork, and purpose remains consistent.

Surya Gummadi appeared on a panel alongside John Taht of TD and Debbie Taylor of DIRECTV to talk about how organizations are leveraging AI to accelerate growth. They spoke about the current state of AI adoption across different sectors and emphasized the importance of approaching AI through a consumer-first lens. The panelists also covered how their companies are shaping their long-term AI strategies, planning for the next 18 months and aligning efforts with broader market trends. Measuring ROI on AI investments was a central theme, along with the evolving role of service providers in helping businesses scale and implement AI solutions effectively. It was a thoughtful, forward-looking conversation on how to move from experimentation to impact. #CognizantDiscovery2025

CEO Ravi Kumar S hosted a powerful fireside chat at #CognizantDiscovery2025 with two leading voices in health and technology—Lidia Fonseca of Pfizer and Jacqui Nevils of Fresenius Medical Care. They discussed how AI is reshaping the future of life sciences—an industry where the stakes are uniquely high and where context is everything. AI is helping researchers and clinicians by surfacing insights from complex data more quickly, accelerating discovery and development, and enabling personalized care in ways once unimaginable. The conversation explored how intelligent systems are beginning to transform every aspect of the industry—from R&D to operations—with AI agents and hyper-productive workflows driving a new wave of innovation.

Generative AI is driving transformative breakthroughs in healthcare—from accelerating drug discovery and development to enhancing patient engagement. As AI redefines what’s possible in healthcare, the real challenge is implementation at scale: how do we bring its full potential to patients everywhere? At #CognizantDiscovery2025, Lidia Fonseca, Pfizer’s Chief Digital & Technology Officer, shared how AI is enabling the faster, more precise delivery of life-saving treatments. The conversation highlighted how digital and AI are reshaping every stage of the value chain—speeding up development, streamlining manufacturing, and deepening connections with patients and physicians.

Our CEO Ravi Kumar S opened #CognizantDiscovery2025 with a clear message: Cognizant’s investments in platforms and proprietary IP such as our Agent Foundry, AI training data services, and context engineering are helping clients build and scale AI safely and with confidence. He outlined his three-vector vision for enterprise AI transformation: ✅ Hyper-productivity: freeing up capital by automating manual tasks, enabling your teams to prioritize innovation and growth. ✅ Industrializing AI: the biggest immediate opportunity for enterprises is preparing their foundation for embedding AI. ✅ Agentification: deploying AI-powered workers to work alongside humans, handle complex workflows and drive significant lasting change. Executing on this vision, we’re already delivering results—with 30% of our code now machine-generated, 1,000 context engineers being deployed, 59 AI patents granted, and through vibe coding, setting a Guinness World Records Title for the most participants in an online generative AI hackathon.

As we get ready to kick off Discovery Americas 2025, this episode of Stay Cognizant features Cognizant CMO Thea Hayden and Aston Martin F1 Team’s Rob Bloom discussing how AI is transforming marketing—from campaign-based models to context-driven experiences. They explore how generative AI delivers creative precision at scale, and why the best marketers will be those who stay curious, start small, and build trust through ethical, accessible innovation. 🎧 Listen or watch the full conversation now—available across your favorite streaming platforms. Apple: https://cgnz.at/6046sfteA Spotify: https://cgnz.at/6049sfteh YouTube: https://cgnz.at/6041sft5B

AI is changing insurance in real ways, but full autonomy is still a work in progress. Most insurers use AI for insights, not decisions limited by legacy systems, regulation, and trust gaps. Our latest collaboration with Venbrook, featured in Insurance Thought Leadership, explores how the reinforcement-switch framework blends human oversight with reinforcement learning to make AI both intelligent and accountable. Co-authored by Dr. Venkatesh Upadrista, Global Head of Transformation, BFSI-IOA at Cognizant, and Justin Slaten, CIO at Venbrook Companies, the piece offers practical insights for leaders navigating the future of insurance AI. Find the full article in the comments.