Cognizant partners with Vishal Sikka’s Vianai Systems for gen AI offerings

With an aim to accelerate human-centred generative AI offerings, IT major Cognizant has partnered with industry veteran Vishal Sikka-founded Vianai Systems, a U.S-based startup firm working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies. This new alliance combines Vianai's hila Enterprise platform with Cognizant's Neuro AI, creating a seamless, unified interface to unlock predictive AI-driven decision-making. 

In this partnership, Cognizant and Vianai will harness conversational Large Language Model capabilities to empower clients in exploring data, making predictions, and gaining valuable insights. 

Vianai's hila Enterprise offers clients a secure platform to deploy large language models (LLMs) tailored to their structured and unstructured data, enhancing data analysis with the conversational power of generative AI. 

Furthermore, the hila Enterprise features LLM monitoring capabilities (known as vianops), a cutting-edge platform for monitoring AI-driven enterprises. It systematically assesses LLM performance to proactively identify opportunities for enhancing reliability and trustworthiness. 

Vishal Sikka, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vianai Systems said, "In Cognizant, we have found a strategic partner with a distinguished history of delivering innovative services. Together we will deliver transformative applications of AI that businesses can truly rely on, built on the trusted foundation of hila Enterprise and Cognizant's Neuro AI platform."  

"Being able to monitor and improve LLM performance is critical to unlocking the true power of generative AI," said Ravi Kumar S, Cognizant's Chief Executive Officer. "With Vianai's platform and our Neuro AI platform, we believe we will be able to offer our clients a high-quality solution to support seamless data analysis with predictive decision-making capabilities." 

Last month, Cognizant made another noteworthy announcement. The company was selected by Intrum, a global credit management services company based in Sweden, to provide end-to-end digital integration and core modernisation services for Intrum's credit management technology platform. This enhancement will enable Intrum's contact center employees to access actionable data-driven insights, combining human empathy and judgment to better assist debt customers from their pan-European delivery centers with innovative solutions and support.