Navan Unveils Navan Cognition: Groundbreaking Agentic AI Platform for Companies to Build AI Workforces

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 25, 2025--

Navan, the all-in-one global travel and expense management platform, today announced Navan Cognition, a groundbreaking new platform that will soon let companies build and deploy teams of advanced, reliable AI workforces. With Navan Cognition, companies of all sizes can create AI-powered teams, not just single-purpose chatbots or basic AI tools, helping them automate and improve complex business tasks. Inspired by the neural connections of the human brain, Navan Cognition deploys a network of specialized, skill-focused AI agents continuously supervised for accuracy and credibility, which prioritizes zero critical hallucinations.

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Today's AI adoption has created a completely new frontier: the AI workforce. Similar to managing elite human teams, Navan Cognition is designed for companies to build specialized AI agents, instead of relying on a single model which can be more prone to mistakes, especially with complex tasks. Companies will have the ability to provide for continuous learning, performance management, and built-in safeguards for these agents while navigating complex tasks with accuracy.

Launched into full-scale production in early 2023, Navan Cognition is already proving its value on the front lines of global travel customer support through Navan’s own AI assistant, Ava. Powered by Navan Cognition, Ava replaces hundreds of human agents, handling thousands of chats per day, seamlessly automating complex processes like refunds, travel cancellations, seat upgrades and solving for complex travel disruptions.

Navan Cognition will soon be available for companies to build their own enterprise-ready teams of AI agents. “At Navan, we believe the future of AI isn’t just about smarter tools, it’s about having expert and advanced AI team members working alongside you," said Ilan Twig, Co-Founder and CTO of Navan. "Navan Cognition makes it easy to design, test, and launch sophisticated multi-agent AI applications with simple, plain-language prompts and one-click deployment. We’re helping companies bring powerful ideas to life faster, breaking down old barriers, and unlocking new opportunities for real results.”

Dr. Itamar Kahn, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University's Mind Brain Behavior Zuckerman Institute, commented: “Navan built something genuinely practical, innovative, and ready for enterprise-scale production - an AI system that reliably handles tens of thousands of sensitive monthly interactions while avoiding entirely critical hallucinations. Navan Cognition’s unique differentiation between trivial errors and critical inaccuracies represents a crucial step forward in mission-critical agentic AI.”

Ready to build an exceptional AI workforce of your own? Sign up for Navan Cognition to reimagine what's possible with AI at navancognition.ai.

About Navan

Navan is the leading all-in-one business travel and expense management solution that makes travel easy for frequent travelers. From finding flights and hotels, to automating expense reconciliation, with 24/7 support along the way, Navan delivers an intuitive experience travelers love and finance teams rely on. See how Navan customers benefit and learn more at navan.com.

Navan Unveils Navan Cognition: Groundbreaking Agentic AI Platform for Companies to Build AI Workforces

Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind best-selling video games such as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55.

Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose his cause of death.

In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and he also was the former chief executive of video game developer Infinity Ward, the studio behind the successful “Call of Duty” franchise.

A spokesperson for Electronic Arts said in a statement on Monday that Zampella's influence on the video game industry was “profound and far-reaching."

“A friend, colleague, leader and visionary creator, his work helped shape modern interactive entertainment and inspired millions of players and developers around the world. His legacy will continue to shape how games are made and how players connect for generations to come,” a company spokesperson wrote.

One of Zampella's crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide,

The first person shooter game debuted in 2003 as a World War II simulation and has sold over 500 million copies globally. Subsequent versions have delved into modern warfare and there is a live-action movie based on the game in production with Paramount Pictures.

In recent years, Zampella has been at the helm of the creation of the action adventure video games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

Geoff Keighley, video game journalist and co-creator of The Game Awards, said he was shocked to hear of Zampella's sudden death.

“Vince was an extraordinary person —- a gamer at heart, but also a visionary executive with a rare ability to recognize talent and give people the freedom and confidence to create something truly great,” Keighley wrote on social media on Monday.

“I’ll miss our dinners and long conversations. And while he created some of the most influential games of our time, I always felt he still had his greatest one ahead of him. It’s heartbreaking that we’ll never get to play it,” he added.

FILE - Three versions of Activision's Call Of Duty games are seen on sale at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011. Vincent Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games "Call of Duty," has died at 55. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma,File)