# Cognizant commits more than 25,000 professionals to OpenAI delivery group

_Published Friday, October 30, 2026 at 7:18 AM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Cognizant announced a global delivery group on October 30 that brings together more than 25,000 professionals to build and operate systems using OpenAI products for enterprise clients. The company said the group will initially focus on software engineering with Codex, modernizing applications and customer operations.

Its application modernization work includes reverse engineering legacy mainframe code and generating cloud-native code, with engineers reviewing every consequential decision. Cognizant said more than 21,000 associates have earned over 40,000 OpenAI badges for completing learning tracks; those badges represent training completion.

## Sources

- [Unite.AI](https://www.unite.ai/cognizant-forms-openai-frontier-capability-group-of-25-000-plus-professionals/)

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