Pearson, Cognizant announce global strategic partnership

Cognizant (CTSH) and Pearson (PSO) (PSON) announced a global strategic partnership aiming to accelerate early-career development, strengthen mid-career transitions, and equip the global workforce with the skills needed to thrive in an era of rapid AI-driven change. As part of a multi-year agreement, Cognizant aims to enhance Pearson’s platforms with generative and agentic AI and help Pearson enhance its products including learner experiences and applications by implementing cloud-native solutions with a microservices architecture, leveraging Cognizant Flowsource. Additionally, Cognizant aims to use their Agent Foundry and Neuro SAN solutions to help enhance Pearson’s agentic AI critical business processes. By combining Pearson’s expertise in learning and assessment with Cognizant’s consulting and technology capabilities, this collaboration is designed to accelerate the development and availability of AI-powered learning, assessments, and workforce skilling programs. Leveraging innovative technologies such as agentic AI, augmented reality, and conversational AI, the companies are jointly developing cutting-edge learning products designed to cater to diverse learning styles and preferences, fostering engaging, accessible, interactive, and more seamless lifelong learning experiences. As part of the collaboration, Pearson’s talent solutions – Credly, Faethm and Talent Lens – aim to support digital credentials, workforce analytics, and cognitive assessments in Cognizant’s workforce development programs.