Cognizant and Google Cloud have formed a Gemini Frontier Capability Group, with more than 18,000 Cognizant staff dedicated to building AI agents for clients on Google's Gemini as part of a wider deal between the two companies. The group will start in four areas — modernizing old systems, developer tools, business process automation and cyber defence — with the aim of moving AI agents from pilot projects into daily use. The companies called it a "substantial joint investment" but did not disclose financial terms; Cognizant also said more than 55,000 of its staff have completed a Gemini training workshop with Google Cloud and that it is rolling Gemini out to 100,000 employees this year, with plans to reach 200,000. Cognizant said it helped an unnamed retailer raise developer productivity by 40% and cut costs by 35% using Gemini, figures that have not been independently checked.