LONDON and TEANECK, N.J. — September 2, 2025 — Leads & Copy — Pearson and Cognizant have announced a global strategic partnership to accelerate early-career development, strengthen mid-career transitions, and equip the global workforce with AI skills.
The multi-year agreement will see Cognizant enhancing Pearson’s platforms with generative and agentic AI, implementing cloud-native solutions, and leveraging Cognizant Flowsource™. Cognizant also intends to use their Agent Foundry and Neuro® SAN solutions to help enhance Pearson’s agentic AI critical business processes.
The collaboration aims to combine Pearson’s learning expertise with Cognizant’s technology capabilities to develop AI-powered learning, assessments, and workforce skilling programs, utilizing technologies like agentic AI, augmented reality, and conversational AI.
Pearson’s talent solutions, including Credly, Faethm, and Talent Lens, will support digital credentials, workforce analytics, and cognitive assessments in Cognizant’s workforce development programs.
The partnership will focus on early career development, redefining learning through AI, and global workforce transformation, offering Pearson’s products and services to Cognizant’s clients to address skill gaps and provide custom training.
Omar Abbosh, CEO of Pearson, highlighted the need for continuous learning in the AI-driven workplace. Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant, emphasized their commitment to investing in learning and creating transformative solutions.
Media contact: sara.bartlett@pearson.com
Source: Pearson
