Cognizant Shifts Focus Toward AI-Driven Delivery and Outcome-Based Pricing
Cognizant Technology Solutions is repositioning its business model around artificial intelligence, moving away from traditional time-based billing to an outcome-driven approach. CEO Ravi Kumar emphasized the integration of human and digital labor in delivering tech-led transformations during a Truist Securities event. The company has invested over $1 billion in generative AI capabilities and now sees 58% of its work as being based on fixed-price or outcome-based contracts. Kumar highlighted that AI is expanding beyond software engineering into areas like cloud migration, finance transformation, pharmacovigilance, and wealth management. Cognizant's TriZetto healthcare platform serves over 200 million insured lives in the U.S., illustrating its broader business operations strategy. The company aims to take a more active role in clients' operational workflows rather than just supporting technology systems. The shift reflects growing demand for AI applications that improve efficiency and enable new ways of performing existing functions, such as refactoring legacy code or enhancing financial decision-making processes.
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