New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Cognizant is dedicating more than 18,000 employees to building artificial intelligence (AI) agents for clients using Google's Gemini, as the IT services company seeks to help businesses move AI projects from pilot stages into everyday operations.

The new Gemini Frontier Capability Group, formed with Google Cloud, will focus on four areas: modernising legacy software, improving developer tools, automating business processes and strengthening cyber defence, according to a report by The Next Web published on 19 October.

The two companies described the initiative as a "substantial joint investment" but did not disclose its financial terms. The group builds on a Gemini practice Cognizant established in April.

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