Cognizant this developing what will be the largest Vibe Coding event worldwideand in which you have registered more than 250,000 employees from various departments, from human resources and sales to engineering and marketing. Everyone will try to start developing ideas and schedule based on AI. To validate and celebrate the magnitude of the event, Cognizant wants to get a Guiness record: The greater number of online participants in a generative hackaton.
The event began on July 30 and will last a week, and among its objectives is to take advantage of a turning point that the company considers critical: take advantage of all its employees take advantage of the pull of coding with AI to reinvent their work, since each one can play a role in the transformation that the changes that AI contribute to the development.
In 2023, Cognizant approved an investment of 1,000 million dollars in three years in AI. Since then, the company has focused on taking advantage of the productivity improvements provided by artificial intelligence to promote high value participation. Thus, the code generated with Ia in collaboration with Cognizant employees has increased significantly: only in the second quarter of this year, it has increased almost 30%.
As support for the different levels of technical knowledge among its more than 330,000 employees, Cognizant relies on different Vibe Coding platforms, such as Lovable, Windsurf, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist and Github Copilot. In 2023, Bluebolt launched, a community innovation initiative that encourages the generation of ideas among its employees.
Until now, its employees have shared more than half a million ideas through this platform, and shared ideas, Cognizant has already implemented with more than 80,000 customers. In addition, with the aim of creating a talent reserve with the necessary skills to take advantage of the IA innovation potential, the company has launched Synapse, a global training initiative that aims to train one million people by 2026.
When registering to rely on the generative AI, employees have been able to choose the desired platform according to their level of knowledge. In addition, to accelerate the implementation of a resources for intuitive and complete employees, the company has developed internally an online center of Vibe Coding a month before starting the Hackaton. In this center, registration functions, selected learning resources, step -by -step tutorials and simplified processes to present projects are included.
This Vibe Coding event has among its objectives it involves thousands of employees of the company through practical workshops, a fast engineering tools kit, good practices sessions, and an innovation contest and recognition of prominent projects. When finished, participants can join the Global Vibe Cognizant community to continue to carry out ideas and develop solutions for the company and customers.
Ravi Kumar S., CEO de Cognizantstressed that they are «Enchanted to participate in the first and greatest Vibe Coding event, a pioneer initiative that reinforces our commitment to the development of literacy in AI among all our talent, regardless of its technical level. Historically, there has been a significant gap between those who had access to technology and those who not, but now, technology has spread to people who do not need deep digital skills to access it. This equal conditions allows us to generate new value in the work environment, promoting innovation and progress in all areas and areas of specialization ».
