--- title: Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a... description: Cognizant has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. The group will focus on writing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push | daily.dev og:description: Cognizant has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. The group will focus on writing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/beVXVh8Du.png og:image:alt: Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cognizant has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. The group will focus on writing software with Codex, moving old mainframe systems to the cloud, and using AI agents in sales and customer service. More than 21,000 Cognizant staff have earned over 40,000 OpenAI training badges. The move comes just 11 days after Cognizant put 18,000 staff behind Google's Gemini. Cognizant says it built an AI assistant for a drugmaker that handled over 5 million conversations and cut content creation time by 60%. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many Cognizant employees are being deployed to work with OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT? Cognizant has committed more than 25,000 staff to an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group focused on writing software with Codex, modernizing old mainframe systems, and deploying AI agents in sales and customer service. More than 21,000 Cognizant employees have already earned over 40,000 OpenAI training badges as part of this push. _Teams weighing AI vendor bets at scale can follow enterprise rollouts like this one on daily.dev._ ### Is Cognizant exclusively partnering with OpenAI for its AI strategy? No, Cognizant is hedging across multiple AI vendors. Just 11 days before committing 25,000 staff to OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT, Cognizant had put 18,000 staff behind Google's Gemini, showing it is not betting on a single model provider for its enterprise AI delivery. _Anyone comparing OpenAI and Gemini for enterprise rollout can track both sides of this story on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Cognizant puts 18,000 staff behind Google’s Gemini in AI agent push](https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-18-000-staff-behind-google-s-gemini-in-ai-agent-push-abdomc7tl) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google and Accenture are putting 1,000 engineers inside client offices](https://daily.dev/posts/google-and-accenture-are-putting-1-000-engineers-inside-client-offices-aavgnyzki) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenAI is coming for those sweet enterprise dollars in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-is-coming-for-those-sweet-enterprise-dollars-in-2026-9fjlfvzxt) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#openai-codex](https://daily.dev/tags/openai-codex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T19:31:35.194Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T19:31:57.227Z","description":"Cognizant has formed an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group of more than 25,000 staff to deploy Codex and ChatGPT for clients. The group will focus on writing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c5c303846de9fd9833367818aaaf16ba?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c5c303846de9fd9833367818aaaf16ba?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-agents,openai,openai-codex","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Cognizant puts 25,000 staff behind OpenAI, days after a Gemini push"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cognizant-puts-25-000-staff-behind-openai-days-after-a-gemini-push-bevxvh8du#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How many Cognizant employees are being deployed to work with OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Cognizant has committed more than 25,000 staff to an OpenAI Frontier Capability Group focused on writing software with Codex, modernizing old mainframe systems, and deploying AI agents in sales and customer service. More than 21,000 Cognizant employees have already earned over 40,000 OpenAI training badges as part of this push. Teams weighing AI vendor bets at scale can follow enterprise rollouts like this one on daily.dev."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is Cognizant exclusively partnering with OpenAI for its AI strategy?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, Cognizant is hedging across multiple AI vendors. Just 11 days before committing 25,000 staff to OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT, Cognizant had put 18,000 staff behind Google's Gemini, showing it is not betting on a single model provider for its enterprise AI delivery. Anyone comparing OpenAI and Gemini for enterprise rollout can track both sides of this story on daily.dev."}}]} ```