{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"53091","rtpr_id":"nPre7CSDNa","ticker":"CTSH","exchange":"NASDAQ","all_tickers":["CTSH"],"title":"Cognizant Launches Ace Team Program to Develop Cohort of AI Builders","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-06-03T05:30:09.656Z","article_body":"Cognizant Launches Ace Team Program to Develop Cohort of AI Builders\nPR Newswire\n\nBENGALURU, India, June 3, 2026\n\nHigh-impact career track for future AI builders who will drive the next phase\nof digital transformation\n\nBENGALURU, India, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today\nannounced the launch of the Cognizant Ace Team Program, a strategic initiative\ndesigned to build a cohort of top engineering minds who will deliver\ncutting-edge digital transformation for clients and play a central role in the\ncompany's evolution into an AI builder organization.\n\n\n\nThe Cognizant Ace Team is structured as a combination of a selective hiring\nprogram, an elite talent pathway and a centrally governed engineering\ncommunity aligned to Cognizant's advanced capability strategy.\n\nThe program is designed to build a community of high-potential engineers who\nwill work on real client challenges using AI-native tools, modern\narchitectures and outcome-driven methods. Ace Team members are expected to be\ndeployed in focused, high-impact teams and be looked upon to get critical\ninitiatives off the ground, contributing directly to pioneering and emerging\ntechnology solutions that drive meaningful business outcomes for clients.\n\nWith an India-focused launch, the Ace Team will serve as the cornerstone of\nCognizant's shift into an AI builder organization, fueling transformation\nacross the company's three-vector strategy of Hyperproductivity,\nIndustrializing AI and Agentification through a high-caliber, AI-ready\nengineering force. The program is designed to enable the creation of\nhigh-value, niche AI offerings and support the execution of complex,\nlarge-scale technology initiatives, while accelerating innovation across the\necosystem. Its impact will include accelerating time to market, advancing\nend-to-end modernization and the development of future-ready platforms that\nsupport scale, reliability and sustained innovation.\n\nRajesh Varrier, President – Global Operations and Chairman & Managing\nDirector, Cognizant India, said, \"The launch of the Cognizant Ace Team program\nmarks a critical step in strengthening our engineering depth as enterprises\nmove rapidly from AI experimentation to real-world execution. Delivering\nmeasurable, scalable AI outcomes increasingly depends on AI-ready skills and\nstrong engineering fundamentals. Through Ace Team, we are building a\ndifferentiated talent engine that directly supports our three-vector strategy\nof Hyperproductivity, Industrializing AI and Agentification, with the goal of\nenabling us to take AI from concepts to production and apply it at scale\nacross industries.\"\n\nSelection to the Cognizant Ace Team program is based on advanced technical\ncompetency, AI fluency and strong communication skills, rather than\ninstitution-based criteria. The multi-stage evaluation process includes\ncommunication assessment, aptitude assessment, technical assessment, and\ntechnical interviews and is designed to gauge industry-ready capabilities such\nas full-stack AI development, data structures and algorithms, prompt\nengineering, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI and modern front-end\ndevelopment.\n\nSelected candidates can be hired into differentiated roles with distinct\ncareer paths, deployment models and types of work. Ace Team members are\nexpected to join as full-stack AI Engineers and begin contributing to real\nclient engagements early in their journey, working on production codebases and\nbuilding AI‑native capabilities including RAG pipelines, agentic workflows\nand LLM‑integrated applications across industries.\n\nIn its initial phase, the program is open to existing offer holders and select\noff-campus candidates, including Tier-1 institution pass-outs, with\nflexibility to expand further as required. Over time, Cognizant plans to\nbroaden participation to include premium campuses, partner institutions,\ninternal associates and laterals with one to three years of experience.\n\nAbout Cognizant\nCognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider,\nbridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by\nbuilding full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process\nand engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique\ncontext into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible\noutcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how\nat www.cognizant.ai or @cognizant. \n\nFor more information, please contact:\n\nHema Swamy: Manimekalai.Swamy@cognizant.com\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/cognizant-launches-ace-team-program-to-develop-cohort-of-ai-builders-302789021.html\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS607279/Cognizant_Logo_V1.jpg?id=OA2644415\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPre7CSDNa","title":"Cognizant Launches Ace Team Program to Develop Cohort of AI Builders","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"CTSH","created":"2026-06-03T05:30:09.656Z","tickers":["CTSH"],"exchange":"NASDAQ","article_body":"Cognizant Launches Ace Team Program to Develop Cohort of AI Builders\nPR Newswire\n\nBENGALURU, India, June 3, 2026\n\nHigh-impact career track for future AI builders who will drive the next phase\nof digital transformation\n\nBENGALURU, India, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today\nannounced the launch of the Cognizant Ace Team Program, a strategic initiative\ndesigned to build a cohort of top engineering minds who will deliver\ncutting-edge digital transformation for clients and play a central role in the\ncompany's evolution into an AI builder organization.\n\n\n\nThe Cognizant Ace Team is structured as a combination of a selective hiring\nprogram, an elite talent pathway and a centrally governed engineering\ncommunity aligned to Cognizant's advanced capability strategy.\n\nThe program is designed to build a community of high-potential engineers who\nwill work on real client challenges using AI-native tools, modern\narchitectures and outcome-driven methods. Ace Team members are expected to be\ndeployed in focused, high-impact teams and be looked upon to get critical\ninitiatives off the ground, contributing directly to pioneering and emerging\ntechnology solutions that drive meaningful business outcomes for clients.\n\nWith an India-focused launch, the Ace Team will serve as the cornerstone of\nCognizant's shift into an AI builder organization, fueling transformation\nacross the company's three-vector strategy of Hyperproductivity,\nIndustrializing AI and Agentification through a high-caliber, AI-ready\nengineering force. The program is designed to enable the creation of\nhigh-value, niche AI offerings and support the execution of complex,\nlarge-scale technology initiatives, while accelerating innovation across the\necosystem. Its impact will include accelerating time to market, advancing\nend-to-end modernization and the development of future-ready platforms that\nsupport scale, reliability and sustained innovation.\n\nRajesh Varrier, President – Global Operations and Chairman & Managing\nDirector, Cognizant India, said, \"The launch of the Cognizant Ace Team program\nmarks a critical step in strengthening our engineering depth as enterprises\nmove rapidly from AI experimentation to real-world execution. Delivering\nmeasurable, scalable AI outcomes increasingly depends on AI-ready skills and\nstrong engineering fundamentals. Through Ace Team, we are building a\ndifferentiated talent engine that directly supports our three-vector strategy\nof Hyperproductivity, Industrializing AI and Agentification, with the goal of\nenabling us to take AI from concepts to production and apply it at scale\nacross industries.\"\n\nSelection to the Cognizant Ace Team program is based on advanced technical\ncompetency, AI fluency and strong communication skills, rather than\ninstitution-based criteria. The multi-stage evaluation process includes\ncommunication assessment, aptitude assessment, technical assessment, and\ntechnical interviews and is designed to gauge industry-ready capabilities such\nas full-stack AI development, data structures and algorithms, prompt\nengineering, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI and modern front-end\ndevelopment.\n\nSelected candidates can be hired into differentiated roles with distinct\ncareer paths, deployment models and types of work. Ace Team members are\nexpected to join as full-stack AI Engineers and begin contributing to real\nclient engagements early in their journey, working on production codebases and\nbuilding AI‑native capabilities including RAG pipelines, agentic workflows\nand LLM‑integrated applications across industries.\n\nIn its initial phase, the program is open to existing offer holders and select\noff-campus candidates, including Tier-1 institution pass-outs, with\nflexibility to expand further as required. Over time, Cognizant plans to\nbroaden participation to include premium campuses, partner institutions,\ninternal associates and laterals with one to three years of experience.\n\nAbout Cognizant\nCognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider,\nbridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by\nbuilding full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process\nand engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique\ncontext into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible\noutcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how\nat www.cognizant.ai or @cognizant. \n\nFor more information, please contact:\n\nHema Swamy: Manimekalai.Swamy@cognizant.com\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/cognizant-launches-ace-team-program-to-develop-cohort-of-ai-builders-302789021.html\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS607279/Cognizant_Logo_V1.jpg?id=OA2644415\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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