Cognizant and Cognition put autonomous AI engineering into production at Odyssey Logistics, with a 37 percent net cost saving

Cognizant and Cognition show Devin-based AI engineering delivering faster modernization and a 37% cost saving for Odyssey Logistics’ live platform rebuild.

Rhea-AI Summary

Cognizant (CTSH) and Cognition reported production results from using autonomous AI engineer Devin to modernize Odyssey Logistics’ transportation management platform.

A seven-person Cognizant team used Devin to rebuild legacy Microsoft Access and VBA forms as cloud-native applications, generating tests, deployment pipelines and documentation, with each change reviewed by Cognizant technical leads. Delivery throughput increased by roughly one third, and Odyssey recorded a 37% net cost saving compared with a conventional rewrite within a fixed budget and tight timeline. The current phase is live and the broader program continues, supported by an expanded joint offering set for modernization, quality engineering and frontier AI cyber defense.

Positive

• 37% net cost saving for Odyssey versus a conventional modernization approach
• Delivery throughput for the Odyssey project increased by about one third
• 3,000+ Cognizant associates trained on Devin, enabling broader deployment
• Devin cut time to release-ready code by over 50% in Cognizant’s work
• Devin accelerated greenfield development by five to six times in internal use
• A prior pilot project with Devin closed in 21 days, supporting adoption confidence

Negative

• None.

Key Figures

Net cost saving: 37 percent Standalone legacy application project duration: 21 days

Net cost saving

37 percent

Odyssey Logistics transportation management platform modernization

Standalone legacy application project duration

21 days

Closed after kickoff before the transportation management platform work

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Rebuilding Odyssey's transportation management platform from legacy forms into cloud-native software, with Odyssey reporting a 37 percent net cost saving inside a fixed budget and accelerated timeline.

TEANECK, N.J., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) and Cognition announced production results from autonomous AI engineering work at Odyssey Logistics, along with an expanded set of collaborative offerings built on Cognition's AI software engineer, Devin.

Enterprises modernizing their technology estates face a persistent constraint: the work is often well understood, but engineering capacity is scarce and conventional modernization programs can run for a year or more before delivering value. Cognizant and Cognition have worked together since 2024, and entered into an AI engineering collaboration in January 2026 to help address that constraint directly.

Devin, Cognition's AI software engineer, is designed to take on multi-step development tasks – planning, writing and testing code across complex systems – working alongside Cognizant's engineers. Cognizant brings the industry depth, delivery scale and governance that enterprises require before letting agents near the systems that run their business. Cognizant has trained more than 3,000 associates on the Devin platform, and applied to its own engineering work, Devin has cut time to release-ready code by more than 50 percent and accelerated greenfield development five to six times¹.

Since then, the two companies have developed a combined set of offerings. These now include a modernization and upgrade offering designed to support and automate most conversion, templating, migration, testing and fixes at scale; a quality engineering offering that embeds Devin to identify test-coverage gaps and assist in generating test cases automatically; and a Frontier AI Cyber Defense offering built on a Devin-based capability.

"Software engineering is changing faster than anything I have seen in my career," said Tarun Kumar, Americas Head, Software Engineering Group, Cognizant. "Autonomous agents change the economics of modernization and what an enterprise can realistically do. As an AI Builder, our work aims to put that capability into the systems businesses depend on every day. What Odyssey is doing is a preview of how enterprise engineering will run."

Odyssey Logistics is a global multimodal logistics provider with a freight network of more than $3B, serving industrial customers with complex transportation and supply chain needs across chemicals, metals, food-grade product and other specialized markets. The company combines managed transportation, modal expertise, technology and executional discipline to help customers move freight safely, efficiently and reliably.

Odyssey is currently working to launch its OdysseyONE platform, intended to support order intake, execution, visibility and lifecycle management across its network. Odyssey set out to consolidate its order intake and full shipment lifecycle onto that platform. The workflow logic behind it sat in legacy Microsoft Access and Visual Basic for Applications forms, which are hard to scale, maintain or integrate, and the original business rules had to survive the migration intact. A fixed budget and a tight delivery window ruled out a conventional rewrite.

A seven-person Cognizant team used Devin to handle the legacy conversion, rebuilding the forms as cloud-native applications and generating tests, deployment pipelines and documentation alongside the code. Every change was reviewed and signed off by a Cognizant technical lead or architect before merging.

Delivery throughput rose by roughly a third and Odyssey recorded a 37 percent net cost saving against the conventional approach. The current phase is live and the program continues.

"Modernization only matters if it changes the business outcome," said Maneet Singh, CIO and CDO, Odyssey Logistics. "For us, this was about moving faster without compromising discipline. Cognizant and Cognition helped us turn a complex legacy rebuild into a practical, governed path to production, with clear accountability around every change. That is the model we are applying more broadly across Odyssey now: use AI where it creates measurable value, keep people in control of the decisions that matter and make technology a driver of business performance, not just an IT project."

Before committing to the re-development, Odyssey tested the approach with Cognizant and Devin on a separate, standalone legacy application. That project closed 21 days after kickoff, and the results gave Odyssey the confidence to apply the same model to its transportation management platform, now in production.

"Our customer Odyssey directly proves the business case for autonomous AI engineering. Enterprises can move faster without giving up quality, and a complex modernization becomes a governed, repeatable path," said Art Levy, VP Global Partnerships, Cognition. "With Devin working alongside the engineering team, the budget and people that would have gone into a year-long rebuild go toward strategic work that drives the business. Together with Cognizant's world class enablement, we make that possible at massive scale."

Cognizant leads the solution and the delivery, powered by Devin, so the client deals with a single accountable partner. Both companies intend to explore extending their collaborative offering set across security remediation, AI assurance, observability-driven application maintenance, legacy modernization and greenfield software development.

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.ai or @cognizant. 

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¹ Based on Cognizant internal data.

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What role did Devin play in Odyssey Logistics’ platform modernization?

Devin, Cognition’s AI software engineer, handled most of the legacy conversion from Microsoft Access and VBA forms to cloud-native applications for Odyssey’s transportation management platform. It also generated tests, deployment pipelines and documentation alongside the code, while Cognizant’s technical leads and architects reviewed and signed off every change before merging.

How did Odyssey Logistics validate the AI engineering approach before using it on its main platform?

Before committing to redevelop its transportation management platform, Odyssey tested the Cognizant–Devin model on a separate, standalone legacy application. That pilot project was completed 21 days after kickoff and the results gave Odyssey the confidence to apply the same approach to its core platform, which is now in production for the current phase.

What new joint offerings are Cognizant and Cognition providing around Devin?

The companies have developed several offerings that embed Devin, including: a modernization and upgrade offering to automate most conversion, templating, migration, testing and fixes at scale; a quality engineering offering that uses Devin to identify test-coverage gaps and help generate test cases; and a Frontier AI Cyber Defense offering built on a Devin-based capability.

How is governance handled when using autonomous AI engineering in these projects?

Cognizant leads the solution and delivery so clients work with a single accountable partner. In the Odyssey project, every change created with Devin was reviewed and signed off by a Cognizant technical lead or architect before merging, which the company describes as providing a practical, governed path to production with clear accountability around each change.

What is OdysseyONE and how does this project relate to it?

OdysseyONE is Odyssey Logistics’ planned platform to support order intake, execution, visibility and lifecycle management across its global freight network. As part of this effort, Odyssey set out to consolidate order intake and the full shipment lifecycle onto OdysseyONE by migrating the underlying workflow logic from legacy forms into scalable, maintainable cloud-native software using the Cognizant and Devin approach.