Cognizant Pools 25,000 Staff Into OpenAI Frontier Group
TEANECK – – October 30, 2026 -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 professionals dedicated to delivering OpenAI products, including Codex and ChatGPT, to enterprise clients.
The group targets how enterprises write software, serve customers and run daily operations with OpenAI models. Cognizant says model access is no longer the main constraint for many enterprises. The shortage is skilled professionals who can build with those models inside business-critical systems.
Cognizant has certified 21,000 associates with 40,000 OpenAI badges
More than 21,000 Cognizant associates have earned over 40,000 OpenAI badges, each awarded for completing learning tracks on OpenAI technologies. The new group adds an organization that builds and supports OpenAI-powered systems for clients.