07-07-2025
Capgemini acquires WNS in a $3.3 billion deal, indicates a sharp pivot to AI for its future business strategy
Capgemini, the information technology (IT) conglomerate headquartered in France, has acquired WNS Global Services in a $3.3 billion deal that sees the company pivot more heavily into generative and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) in its business was originally a data processing company founded by Sergei Kampf in 1967. The company was originally named Sogeti and went through numerous changes over the years before finally settling in on the Capgemini brand in 1996.
WNS Global Services originated as an offshoot of British Airways in 1996, before becoming a fully independent organization following a buyout in 2002. WNS has since developed into a multi-national corporation in its own right, with branches opened in India and Sri Lanka.
Capgemini and WNS announce a pivot towards AI
JUST IN🚨: #Capgemini to acquire #BPM major #WNS for $3.3 bln. Deal expected to close by year-end. Capgemini to pay $76.5/shr, a 17% premium to current market price. Does it mark beginning of a consolidation in the BPM industry due to #AI or just another buyout of PE-backed firm?
Capgemini's acquisition of WNS is an attempt at consolidating the company's market position, along with leaning more heavily into AI technology. As the firm's CEO, Aiman Ezzat, put it:
'Enterprises are rapidly adopting Generative AI and Agentic AI to transform their operations end-to-end. Business Process Services will be the showcase for Agentic AI. Capgemini's acquisition of WNS will provide the Group with the scale and vertical sector expertise to capture that rapidly emerging strategic opportunity created by the paradigm shift from traditional BPS to Agentic AI-powered Intelligent Operations.'
While generative AI has already become a worldwide phenomenon thanks to the emergence of advanced chatbots such as ChatGPT, agentic AI aims to be even more autonomous, with efforts being underway to implement agentic AI in products such as self-driving cars and virtual has been in the midst of an AI pivot for some time now, with the company acquiring software firm in March of this year.
This acquisition shows that the AI gold rush is not slowing down
Because both Capgemini and WNS have a large India presence, in terms of campus and employees Also compete with Indian peers in IT/BPM
Capgemini's acquisition is indicative of a larger trend towards corporate consolidation alongside heavy investment in these much-hyped AI technologies, which promise to ramp up efficiency and get more accomplished with less time and human effort.
This AI gold rush has not come without controversy, however, with many blaming corporate leadership for using AI investment as a pretext to cut down on the labor force. However, the larger trend of corporations pivoting towards AI shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
