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Sapient Slingshot Earns Recognition for AI-Powered Delivery
The 2026 Business Intelligence AI Excellence Award for Augmented Intelligence recognizes how Sapient Slingshot accelerates software delivery with greater speed and quality.
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The Slingshot platform
What makes Slingshot enterprise-ready
Agents across the entire SDLC
- CI/CD Deployment Agent
Autonomous CI/CD pipeline creation and governance - Database Migration Agent
Automated, zero-downtime database migration and refactoring - Jenkins to Harness Migration Agent
One-click Jenkins to Harness pipeline migration - API Lifecycle Agent
End-to-end API lifecycle automation and governance - PR Intelligence Agent
Semantic PR reviews with architectural compliance - Code Discovery Agent
AI-driven application discovery and 7R rationalization - Flex to Angular Modernization Agent
Automated Flex to Angular UI modernization - Document Comparison Agent
Deep semantic document comparison beyond RAG - MISRA Compliance Agent
Automated MISRA compliance checks and code fixes - System Integration Requirement Scanner
Accelerated SI requirement discovery and resolution - VBA to Python Modernization Agent
Automated VBA to Python application modernization - PL/SQL to Java Microservices Agent
Modernize PL/SQL into Java microservices - Root Cause Analysis Agent
AI-driven root cause identification and analysis
Agents across the entire SDLC
A growing ecosystem of specialized agents created by our engineers to support modernization, development, testing, deployment and operations across the software lifecycle.
Break free from legacy gridlock
Legacy systems can be messy, tightly coupled and full of roadblocks. Slingshot cuts through the complexity, breaking down old code and transforming it into accurate, production-ready code in a fraction of the time.
50% reduction in modernization costs
3× faster compared to traditional approaches
Break free from legacy gridlock
Break free from legacy gridlock
Legacy systems can be messy, tightly coupled and full of roadblocks. Slingshot cuts through the complexity, breaking down old code and transforming it into accurate, production-ready code in a fraction of the time.
50% reduction in modernization costs
3× faster compared to traditional approaches
Customer stories
Leading organizations are using Slingshot to ship new software and modernize existing systems.
Health
Health Care Organization Goes Cloud-Native
3 x
faster migration
30 %
cost reduction
Healthcare organization goes cloud-native
The Problem
A leading health care benefits provider needed to modernize 10,000+ COBOL and Synon mainframe screens to improve claims processing and customer service.
Our Solution
With Slingshot, the provider uncovered hidden business rules and dependencies, enabling faster, safer migrations. Automated test generation sped up QA while reducing manual errors.
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Energy & Commodities
RWE Modernizes a Legacy App in Two Days
~ 40 %
time savings
~ 35 %
efficiency gains
Energy & Commodities
The Problem
RWE faced an operational risk: a number of aging, undocumented applications were running on outdated technology stacks.
Our Solution
Slingshot, paired with human oversight, helped RWE revive a 24-year-old app with no source code or documentation in two days.
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What our customers say
" Beyond the tools, it’s the reimagined end-to-end development process with a human in control that I found impressive—it was a real eye-opener "
— Ryan Brudenell
Head of Digital and IT Solutions, RWE Generation UK Ltd.
Slingshot behind the scenes
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Our platform architecture connects AI assistants, specialized SDLC agents and a persistent enterprise context graph with a governed technical foundation.
- AI Assistants
Backlog • Scrum • Pair Programmer • Prompt Library • Living Design System - Agent Marketplace
Refactor • Blueprint • Design • Engineer • Test • Release • Deploy • Sustain - Enterprise Context Graph
Discover • Code Repos • Specs • Journeys • Data • Telemetry - Foundation Model Garden
GPUs • MCP Gateway • Embeddings API • Authentication & Governance
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Fresh features and thinking on how teams can build, run and scale with AI.
Article
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Slingshot FAQs
What leaders want to understand before committing Slingshot to the enterprise.
- What is Sapient Slingshot? +
- How does Slingshot modernize legacy systems without increasing risk? +
- How is Slingshot different from AI coding tools or copilots? +
- Can Slingshot be used to build new software as well as modernize legacy code? +
- What outcomes can enterprises expect from using Slingshot? +
What is Sapient Slingshot?
Slingshot is an AI platform that automates and accelerates the entire software development lifecycle. It breaks down legacy systems, preserves critical business logic and generates accurate, production-ready code — while also supporting the build and launch of new software. Slingshot replaces fragmented tools and manual handoffs with a single, continuous system for modernizing and delivering software at enterprise scale.
How does Slingshot modernize legacy systems without increasing risk?
Slingshot reads existing code to extract rules, dependencies and specifications before anything is rebuilt. That logic is carried forward through code generation, testing and deployment so modernized systems behave exactly as intended. This approach reduces guesswork, limits rework and avoids the common failures of rewrite-from-scratch modernization.
How is Slingshot different from AI coding tools or copilots?
AI coding tools assist individual developers. Slingshot modernizes and delivers software at the system level. Slingshot carries enterprise context across discovery, design, build, test and deployment. It is built for large, tightly coupled systems where accuracy, traceability and governance matter — not just faster code completion.
Can Slingshot be used to build new software as well as modernize legacy code?
Yes. Slingshot supports both legacy modernization and net-new software development on the same platform. Teams can modernize existing systems while simultaneously building and launching new applications, without waiting for long transformation programs to finish. This allows enterprises to keep shipping while legacy systems catch up.
What outcomes can enterprises expect from using Slingshot?
Enterprises use Slingshot to reduce modernization timelines, cut manual effort and improve delivery reliability across the SDLC. Common outcomes include 75 percent faster delivery, 40 percent higher productivity, up to 50 percent savings in modernization costs and 99 percent code-to-spec accuracy.