Cognizant, a prominent IT consulting firm, has announced its plan to implement Claude, an AI model developed by Anthropic, across its global workforce of 350,000 employees to enhance enterprise AI adoption and internal transformation. This initiative aims to transition from AI experimentation to tangible production outcomes by integrating Claude with Cognizant's engineering platforms and industry blueprints, thus fostering productivity in software engineering, legacy modernization, and industry-specific solutions. The deployment will enable Cognizant to tackle significant challenges such as managing legacy systems and the shrinking talent pool by accelerating coding tasks, documentation, and DevOps workflows, while also facilitating the development of domain-specific AI agents with human oversight. Cognizant's approach seeks to build a more connected, agentic enterprise, leveraging Anthropic’s technology to drive modernization and transformation both internally and for its clients, particularly in sectors like financial services. The partnership underscores a commitment to responsible AI practices and aims to help clients identify and implement high-value AI use cases through workshops and platform integrations.