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1 / 3Cognizant puts 25,000 staff into a group that installs OpenAI's tools at clients×

The group

Cognizant said on Friday it has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 people to deploy Codex and ChatGPT inside client companies, starting with coding, rewriting legacy mainframe software and agents for sales and support.

The training

More than 21,000 employees have finished OpenAI training tracks. No financial terms were disclosed.

What it shows

The group shows where OpenAI's enterprise reach is coming from: IT services firms whose own labor model the same tools are squeezing.

Sources and the full story

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Cognizant puts 25,000 staff into a group that installs OpenAI's tools at clients

Cognizant said on Friday it has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 people to deploy Codex and ChatGPT inside client companies, starting with coding, rewriting legacy mainframe software and agents for sales and support. More than 21,000 employees have finished OpenAI training tracks. No financial terms were disclosed.

The group shows where OpenAI's enterprise reach is coming from: IT services firms whose own labor model the same tools are squeezing. SourcesA

Sources

• ACognizant commits more than 25,000 professionals to OpenAI delivery (PR Newswire)prnewswire.com

This story ran in the Morning Brief of October 31st 2026.