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Cognizant completes acquisition of Wizeline

Cognizant announced on Nov. 6, 2026, that it had acquired Wizeline from its previous investors, including La Caisse. The deal adds Wizeline’s digital engineering and product development capabilities, with a particular focus on Media & Enter

AI.info Team · Written with AI · fact-checked · 2026-11-07

Cognizant acquires Wizeline

Cognizant announced on Nov. 6, 2026, that it had acquired Wizeline, a global AI-native digital engineering and product development services firm serving enterprise clients. Wizeline was acquired from its previous investors, including La Caisse.

Wizeline’s services and industry focus

The announcement describes Wizeline as having particular strength in Media & Entertainment, with a concentrated, deeply embedded franchise supporting large U.S. enterprises. The release identifies publishing and news, filmed entertainment, broadcasting, and talent and creator representation as areas served by that franchise.

The release lists digital product development, software engineering, cloud modernization, data and AI among Wizeline’s capabilities. It says those capabilities enable clients to build, modernize and scale digital products, platforms and AI-enabled experiences. Cognizant said the acquisition would further strengthen its ability to help clients design, build and scale modern digital products and platforms.

Wizeline’s company description

The release’s “About Wizeline” section gives 2013 as the company’s founding year and describes it as a nearshore transformation engineering partner for enterprises in Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, and Healthcare & Lifesciences. The section also describes its combination of global forward deployment capabilities with expertise in product engineering, data and AI. It says those capabilities help clients scale AI solutions towards modern products and workflow innovation.

Advisers

Canaccord Genuity acted as exclusive M&A advisor to Wizeline. Ashurst Perkins Coie acted as legal advisor to Cognizant.