Microsoft Names Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro as “Frontier …
Analytics India Magazine (C P Balasubramanyam)
Microsoft will expand partnerships with Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, and Wipro, positioning the four Indian IT majors as “frontier firms” in the global adoption of agentic AI, its chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced during his AI tour in Bengaluru.
Each company will deploy more than 50,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses, collectively exceeding 200,000 seats, the company said.
The announcement comes a day after Microsoft unveiled plans to invest $17.5 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure, skills and operations in India over the next four years.
According to the company, these partnerships will enable enterprises to enhance productivity, efficiency and accessibility, while accelerating AI-powered innovation across industries.
Microsoft said embedding AI into core operations will position these Indian IT majors as ‘frontier firms’ that not only adopt AI early but also redesign workflows around human-agent collaboration to drive measurable impact across delivery, sales, finance, HR, and customer engagement.
Puneet Chandok, president, Microsoft India & South Asia, said the four companies “are moving beyond experimentation to full-scale deployment, embedding Microsoft Copilot into the fabric of everyday work.”
Microsoft has also significantly expanded its partnership with Cognizant, calling the company its “client zero” for Copilot.
The collaboration enables Cognizant to refine Copilot and agentic solutions for large-scale enterprise use, going beyond productivity improvements to fundamentally change how organisations access data, make decisions, and scale innovation.
Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S, in a statement, said the technology sector is witnessing “a historic, largest infrastructure investment, with companies investing hundreds of billions annually into AI infrastructure.”
He added, “As an AI builder company, our mission is to bridge the gap between these investments and extract business value, ensuring our associates and clients benefit from Generative AI.”
Infosys, which has one of Microsoft’s largest Copilot deployments across the world, is integrating Microsoft’s intelligence layer into Infosys Topaz Fabric and Infosys Cobalt to operationalise multi-agent workflows.
CEO and MD Salil Parekh said deploying Copilot at scale and embedding AI into the Topaz operating model is enabling Infosys to “shift from traditional workflows to a human-plus-agent powered AI-first enterprise.”
TCS is working with Microsoft to transform sales, HR and finance processes by democratising tools such as the 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot across its global workforce.
The company said all employees now have a personalised AI coach.
Microsoft also recently hosted a global hackathon to deep dive into AI agent development, with participation from more than 281,000 employees.
“TCS has equipped tens of thousands of its professionals with Microsoft AI solutions. Microsoft Cloud, data, and AI technologies are integral to our business transformation,” TCS CEO and MD K Krithivasan said.
Wipro has entered into a three-year partnership with Microsoft and launched a Microsoft Innovation Hub at its Partner Labs in Bengaluru.
With more than 50,000 Copilot licenses deployed and over 25,000 employees already upskilled in Microsoft Cloud and GitHub technologies, Wipro is embedding agentic AI across workflows in sectors ranging from financial services and retail to manufacturing and healthcare, Microsoft noted.
“Wipro Intelligence… is helping us deliver game-changing outcomes that are reshaping how enterprises work and compete in the AI era,” Wipro CEO and MD Srini Pallia said.
“Our partnership with Microsoft amplifies this vision, accelerating the adoption of agentic AI and unlocking value for our clients and us.”
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