Cognizant has launched an unprecedented global vibe coding event, rallying more than 2.5 lakh employees from across its workforce, including HR, sales, engineering and marketing.
According to a statement from the company, the week-long journey is aimed at developing ideas and building AI-driven solutions.
The company revealed it is attempting a Guinness World Records title to validate and celebrate the scale of this event.
“We’re thrilled to be attempting the first and largest vibe coding event, a groundbreaking initiative that underscores our commitment to advancing AI literacy across talent, no matter the technical skill,” Ravi Kumar S, CEO of Cognizant, said.
“Historically, there’s been a significant divide between those who had access to technology and those who didn’t. But now, technology has been diffused into the hands of people who don’t need deep digital skills to access it.”
“This levelling of the playing field is enabling us to unleash new value in the workplace, driving innovation and progress across all backgrounds and expertise.”
To support a range of technical and non-technical understanding across more than 3.3 employees, the company has partnered with leading vibe coding platforms, including Lovable, Windsurf, Cursor, Gemini Code Assist and GitHub Copilot.
Upon registration, employees could select which platform to use based on their skill level.
Moreover, to speed the rollout of an intuitive and comprehensive resource for employees, Cognizant said it vibe-coded its own internal online hub within a month leading up to the event, which featured registration, curated learning resources, step-by-step tutorials and streamlined project submission processes.
“We’re thrilled to support Cognizant’s inaugural Vibe Coding Week. Together, we’re enabling a new generation of creators and problem-solvers to build anything and along the way, shape a better future,” Anton Oskia, CEO and co-founder of Lovable, said.
The event also features hands-on workshops, a prompt engineering toolkit, best-practice sessions, an innovation competition and recognition for outstanding projects.
Following the end of the week, participants can join Cognizant’s global vibe coding community to continue sharing ideas and advancing solutions within the company and for clients.
Jeff Wang, CEO of Windsurf, said, “This (event) isn’t just about AI literacy, it’s about unleashing a new kind of creativity across entire teams and diverse backgrounds.”
A Cognizant spokesperson told AIM in an email response that vibe coding is emerging as a key catalyst in the AI journey, empowering everyone, from seasoned developers to those who have never written a line of code, to build, solve and innovate with the power of AI at their fingertips.
The CEO, in a podcast conversation with Osika, said that anyone, not just software engineers, should be able to build software using natural language.
“I’m a big believer that we could produce more by democratising it (technology), and I’m hoping my software development community gets more productive using levelling,” Kumar said in the podcast, when Osika asked him how the company is using Lovable in their latest vibe coding journey.
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