Bengaluru: Cognizant has opened a new Artificial Intelligence Lab and a Cognizant Moment Studio in Bengaluru as part of its ongoing plan to deepen research and development in enterprise-focused AI systems. The move aligns with the company’s previously announced three-year, $1 billion investment in generative AI and expands its India-based research footprint.
The new hub combines applied AI research with design-led development to build systems aimed at improving how enterprises use automation, decision-support tools and emerging agentic architectures. The AI Lab will focus on areas such as multi-agent models, decision automation and responsible AI. Engineers and researchers are expected to develop internal frameworks, reusable modules and platform components that can support large-scale enterprise environments. The work is positioned to strengthen Cognizant’s technical capabilities and add to its in-house intellectual property.
The Cognizant Moment Studio will operate alongside the lab to connect technical development with user behaviour insights, enabling teams to test how organisations interact with AI-driven systems before deployment. According to the company, integrating design evaluation early in the build process is intended to help enterprise clients adopt AI tools with clearer governance and reliability.
CEO Ravi Kumar S said the company is now prioritising agentic AI for enterprise transformation, noting that pairing technical architectures with human-centred design is becoming necessary for dependable digital systems. Chief AI Officer Babak Hodjat added that the India AI Lab represents a significant step in expanding Cognizant’s long-term research agenda.
With the Bengaluru hub, Cognizant appears to be strengthening its position in India as global demand grows for tested, responsible and scalable AI applications in business settings.
