Cognizant Selected by OpenAI to Scale Codex for Enterprise Clients

Cognizant said it was selected by OpenAI as one of a group of partners to scale the use of Codex across enterprise clients. The company tied the selection to embedding Codex into its software engineering organization and to support for services delivered to clients worldwide.

OpenAI described its Codex scaling effort as involving partners chosen to deploy and scale Codex inside complex enterprise environments and deliver services enabled by those capabilities. Cognizant said the approach reflects its experience designing, deploying and operating AI-powered systems at enterprise scale.

Cognizant said it embedded Codex directly into engineering workflows across its Software Engineering Group. The company said Codex is used for code generation, refactoring, testing and documentation, and that engineers apply Codex across the software development lifecycle in client engagements including AI and machine learning model development, agentic solution development and legacy system modernization.

The organizations said the partnership adds OpenAI’s Codex capabilities to Cognizant’s AI builder stack, which spans AI platforms and hyperscalers. Denise Dresser, Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI, said, “Codex is becoming a powerful workspace for managing agents across software development and business workflows. As enterprises move quickly to put Codex to work, we're working with leading partners like Cognizant to help more organizations move from early usage to repeatable deployment.” Rajesh Varrier, President – Operations, and Chairman and Managing Director, Cognizant India, said, “We are embedding Codex as a partner in how our engineers work – handling code generation, refactoring, testing and documentation – so our teams can apply human judgment where it is needed most.” Through this partnership, Cognizant and OpenAI said they aim to bring AI-powered engineering, modernization and security compliance capabilities to clients across industries.