In highly regulated sectors such as financial services, healthcare, and insurance, modernizing legacy applications is not just a technological upgrade—it is a business-critical imperative. These industries face unique and formidable challenges: stringent compliance requirements, heightened security expectations, and the constant need to manage risk. Publicis Sapient’s Sapient AI for Applications and Sapient Slingshot platforms are purpose-built to address these complexities, enabling organizations to modernize with confidence, speed, and measurable impact.
Legacy systems in regulated industries are often deeply entrenched, supporting core business processes and storing sensitive data. Modernization efforts are complicated by:
Traditional approaches—manual code migration, documentation, and testing—are slow, error-prone, and costly. They often fail to keep pace with regulatory changes and evolving cyber threats, leaving organizations exposed to compliance and security risks.
Publicis Sapient’s AI-driven platforms transform the modernization journey for regulated industries by embedding compliance, security, and risk management at every step.
Sapient Slingshot leverages proprietary AI agents and an extensive code library built on over 20 years of domain expertise. The platform can analyze, deconstruct, and translate legacy code (e.g., COBOL to Java) into modern architectures with remarkable speed and precision. Key features include:
Outcome: Migration cycles are accelerated by 50–70%, with a 3x increase in speed reported in real-world engagements. Projects that once took years can now be completed in months or even weeks.
Regulatory alignment is built into the DNA of Sapient AI for Applications. The platform integrates with project management tools to:
This automation reduces the manual burden on compliance teams and ensures that documentation is always audit-ready and up to date with the latest regulatory changes.
Security and privacy are non-negotiable in regulated industries. Sapient Slingshot and Sapient AI for Applications embed security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle:
Outcome: Organizations benefit from a 50% reduction in software defects, including those related to security and compliance, and significantly expanded test coverage.
Every step of the modernization journey is transparent and auditable. Sapient AI and Sapient Slingshot:
While AI accelerates and automates, Publicis Sapient’s approach always keeps human expertise at the center. Domain experts review, enhance, and sign off on requirements, designs, and code, ensuring that every modernization effort meets both business and regulatory expectations. This human-in-the-loop model is especially critical in regulated environments, where explainability and accountability are paramount.
Organizations leveraging Sapient AI for Applications and Sapient Slingshot have achieved:
A leading benefits provider in the healthcare sector partnered with Publicis Sapient to modernize legacy mainframe applications. By leveraging private AI models and iterative development, the organization achieved:
Across financial services, healthcare, and insurance, organizations are realizing the benefits of AI-driven modernization—without compromising on compliance, security, or risk management.
Publicis Sapient brings together deep industry knowledge, digital transformation expertise, and leadership in generative AI. Our end-to-end capabilities—from strategy to implementation—are trusted by global organizations to deliver:
Modernizing legacy systems in regulated industries no longer needs to be a high-risk, high-cost endeavor. With Sapient AI for Applications and Sapient Slingshot, Publicis Sapient empowers organizations to accelerate transformation, automate compliance, and strengthen security—while maintaining unwavering regulatory alignment.
Connect with our experts to see how AI-driven modernization can future-proof your business and unlock new value in even the most regulated environments.