10:06 AM EDT, 04/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Cognizant (CTSH) said Tuesday it collaborated with Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI to distribute the Codex artificial intelligence model to enterprise clients globally.

The business is integrating the technology into its internal engineering procedures to establish it as a standard mechanism for all software production, the company said.

Developers are actively using the system during client projects to build machine learning models and restructure existing code, Cognizant said.

The current implementations aim to speed up project completion times while decreasing the financial burden and complications tied to massive corporate system upgrades, it said.

Shares of the company were up 1.8% in Tuesday trading.

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