As enterprises accelerate investments in artificial intelligence, organizations are increasingly looking for ways to modernize legacy applications while maintaining security, governance, and operational control. In a significant move aimed at transforming enterprise software engineering, NTT DATA has announced a strategic partnership with Cursor, one of the world’s leading multi-model AI coding platforms.
Under the partnership, NTT DATA will integrate Cursor’s advanced AI coding agents into its global engineering and delivery operations to accelerate application modernization, improve developer productivity, and strengthen enterprise AI governance. The collaboration marks another milestone in NTT DATA’s strategy to become an AI-native technology services company while helping enterprises modernize mission-critical systems faster and more securely.
NTT DATA Embeds AI into Enterprise Software Engineering
The partnership enables NTT DATA to leverage Cursor’s AI-powered coding platform across its engineering and software delivery ecosystem. By embedding AI agents directly into software development workflows, the company aims to accelerate application development, legacy modernization, cloud transformation, and AI implementation for enterprise customers worldwide.
Unlike traditional software development tools, Cursor integrates AI directly into developers’ coding environments, enabling engineers to write, review, refactor, and modernize code while maintaining complete visibility across large codebases.
The collaboration is expected to improve delivery consistency, reduce development timelines, and help organizations modernize complex enterprise applications with greater speed and efficiency.
Enterprise AI Moves Beyond Automation
The announcement reflects a broader shift across the technology industry, where enterprises are moving beyond isolated AI pilots toward organization-wide AI adoption.
Instead of using AI solely to automate repetitive tasks, companies are increasingly embedding artificial intelligence into core engineering operations to improve software quality, streamline development, and enhance operational resilience.
For NTT DATA, integrating AI into its engineering layer ensures that software modernization initiatives remain aligned with enterprise-wide AI strategies while supporting governance, compliance, and responsible AI deployment.
These capabilities also strengthen the company’s end-to-end technology portfolio spanning cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and digital transformation services.
AI Governance Becomes a Competitive Advantage
As organizations adopt generative AI at scale, governance has emerged as one of the biggest challenges facing enterprise technology leaders.
The partnership addresses this challenge by combining AI-powered software engineering with enterprise-grade governance capabilities, including:
- Organization-wide privacy controls
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Centralized administration
- Granular AI agent management
- Audit-ready policy enforcement
- Secure enterprise deployment
These features allow organizations to accelerate AI adoption without compromising security, regulatory compliance, or operational oversight.
Commenting on the partnership, Abhijit Dubey, CEO and Chief AI Officer, NTT DATA, Inc., said:
“Enterprise modernization is no longer just about moving systems to the cloud—it is about reimagining how software is built and operated in the age of AI. Through our partnership with Cursor, we will use AI in the core of our engineering and delivery model, enabling us to modernize faster, improve consistency at scale and deliver greater value to clients. By applying these capabilities inside our own business first, we can help organizations adopt AI with greater confidence, governance and measurable impact.”
Cursor Brings AI-Native Coding to Enterprise Development
Cursor has emerged as one of the fastest-growing AI coding platforms by embedding intelligent AI agents directly into software development environments.
The platform supports developers throughout the software lifecycle by helping them:
- Generate code
- Review existing code
- Refactor applications
- Modernize legacy software
- Understand large codebases
- Accelerate software delivery
Its multi-model AI architecture enables engineering teams to work with advanced AI models while maintaining context across enterprise-scale software projects.
For NTT DATA, these capabilities will accelerate digital transformation initiatives while enabling developers to focus on higher-value engineering and innovation activities.
Enterprise-Grade Governance for Responsible AI Adoption
One of the biggest differentiators of the NTT DATA–Cursor partnership is its focus on governance. As organizations deploy AI across mission-critical business operations, ensuring security, compliance, transparency, and responsible AI usage has become just as important as improving productivity.
Cursor Enterprise provides a governance framework designed for large organizations, including organization-wide privacy mode, centralized administration, Single Sign-On (SSO), granular agent controls, and audit-ready policy enforcement. These capabilities allow enterprises to accelerate software modernization while maintaining strict control over AI-powered development workflows.
By embedding governance directly into engineering processes, NTT DATA aims to help clients adopt AI with greater confidence while meeting regulatory and enterprise security requirements.
Accelerating Legacy Modernization and Cloud Transformation
Many global enterprises continue to rely on legacy applications that are costly to maintain and difficult to modernize. AI-assisted software engineering is emerging as a key solution for reducing modernization timelines and improving development efficiency.
Through Cursor’s AI-powered coding capabilities, NTT DATA will help organizations:
- Modernize legacy applications faster
- Improve software development productivity
- Accelerate cloud migration projects
- Reduce technical debt
- Enhance code quality and consistency
- Scale AI transformation across enterprise environments
The collaboration is expected to deliver measurable business outcomes by enabling engineering teams to automate repetitive coding tasks while focusing on innovation and higher-value development work.
Cursor Enterprise to Power Global Engineering Teams
NTT DATA plans to deploy Cursor Enterprise across priority engineering teams before expanding adoption across its global delivery organization.
As part of its long-term AI strategy, the company will also establish a Cursor Center of Excellence, which will serve as a central hub for AI engineering best practices, training, governance, and implementation across industries and geographies.
The initiative is expected to accelerate enterprise AI adoption while creating standardized frameworks for responsible AI deployment.
Cursor Highlights the Future of AI-Powered Software Development
Commenting on the partnership, Jordan Topoleski, Chief Operating Officer, Cursor, said:
“NTT DATA is putting AI at the core of how engineers modernize complex systems. By pairing Cursor agents with enterprise-grade governance and structured enablement, NTT DATA is proving how AI changes the way software gets built and delivered at global scale, and we are proud to support their teams as they bring it to enterprises worldwide.”
The collaboration reflects a broader industry trend where AI is becoming an integral part of software engineering rather than simply an assistive tool.
Growing Demand for AI-Native Engineering
Industry analysts expect enterprise spending on generative AI and AI-assisted software development to continue rising over the coming years as organizations seek to improve operational efficiency and accelerate digital transformation.
Large enterprises are increasingly investing in AI platforms capable of:
- Supporting enterprise-scale software development
- Improving developer productivity
- Enhancing application security
- Reducing software delivery cycles
- Strengthening governance and compliance
- Modernizing legacy systems
By integrating AI into every stage of the software lifecycle, organizations can accelerate innovation while maintaining the controls required for enterprise environments.
About NTT DATA
NTT DATA is one of the world’s leading business and technology services companies, generating more than $30 billion in annual revenue and serving approximately 75% of the Fortune Global 100.
The company provides enterprise AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, data management, consulting, application services, and business transformation solutions across more than 70 countries.
As part of the NTT Group, the company invests more than $3 billion annually in research and development, supporting innovation across artificial intelligence, networking, cloud infrastructure, and digital technologies.
About Cursor
Cursor is a leading AI-powered software development platform designed to help engineering teams build, review, refactor, and maintain software more efficiently.
Its AI coding platform combines advanced language models with deep codebase understanding, enabling developers to accelerate software development while maintaining high levels of code quality and consistency.
Today, Cursor serves thousands of engineering teams worldwide, including organizations across the Fortune 500, helping enterprises adopt AI-assisted software development at scale.
Enterprise Software Development Enters the AI-Native Era
The partnership between NTT DATA and Cursor highlights how enterprise software engineering is rapidly evolving. As organizations increasingly embed AI into core development processes, the focus is shifting beyond automation toward intelligent, secure, and governed software delivery.
By combining AI-powered coding, enterprise-grade governance, and deep engineering expertise, the collaboration positions NTT DATA to help clients modernize applications faster, accelerate cloud transformation, and build AI-ready enterprises capable of competing in an increasingly digital economy.
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