Cognizant selects the much-discussed Palantir Technologies to integrate AI into its healthcare services and broader business processes.
Cognizant signs a partnership with Palantir Technologies. The collaboration combines Palantir Foundry and AI Platform with Cognizant’s TriZetto healthcare platforms and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) operations. The overarching goal is to implement AI applications scalably and securely in regulated, labor-intensive sectors such as healthcare.
According to Cognizant, the partnership fits within a broader strategy to act as an AI builder. This involves combining advanced AI technologies with sector-specific expertise to both modernize internal processes and support clients in their transformation. Cognizant relies on Palantir’s governance experience for this purpose.
Both companies indicate that the partnership will extend beyond healthcare alone. They plan joint projects in other sectors to achieve broader AI transformation at enterprises.
Controversial partner
Cognizant frames the partnership with Palantir within its broader AI ecosystem of ‘leading platforms’, for which it collaborates with multiple parties. The fact that the choice now falls on Palantir is remarkable, since the American company is far from uncontroversial. The United Nations named Palantir in a report as one of the companies profiting from the genocide in Gaza, due to its close ties with the Israeli military. Palantir remains vague about what that collaboration does and doesn’t entail.
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Even domestically, Palantir’s reputation is not clean. Palantir works as a technology partner with ICE, the US immigration service that has had multiple civilian deaths on its record since the start of Trump’s second term. The collaboration with ICE causes friction among staff.
The shadow of controversy hanging over Palantir doesn’t stop technology companies from publicly associating with it. We have asked Cognizant what ethical guidelines and procedures are used to evaluate strategic partnerships. We will update this article if we receive a response.