PRINCETON, N.J. & GREATER NOIDA, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 25, 2026--
Coforge Limited (NSE: COFORGE), a global AI-native engineering services leader, has been recognized by HFS Research as a Non-Linear Leader in The HFS Non-Linearity Index (CY Q4 2025 and Q1 2026). HFS Research has analyzed more than 25 major service providers in this report.
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In a two series point of view report (the first edition of the report was published in early 2026), this is the second report titled ‘The headcount era is fading as the pivot to Services-as-Software continues’; HFS argues that the industry's long-standing reliance on linear growth was beginning to face meaningful pressure. Additionally, a trend has emerged that some providers are beginning to decouple value creation from workforce expansion.
Within this shift, HFS identified six providers that demonstrated sustained non-linear growth over the past four quarters. Coforge is one of six service providers identified by HFS Research as consistently driving non-linear growth over the last four quarters. The recognition reflects Coforge’s ability to increase value creation and operating leverage while increasingly decoupling growth from traditional headcount-led models.
Saurabh Gupta, President, HFS Research, said: "The move from Challenger to Leader reflects Coforge's ability to deliver sustained non-linear growth at a time when the services industry is redefining how value is created. Six consecutive quarters on the HFS Non-Linearity Index is evidence that the company is increasingly decoupling growth from traditional linear models through AI, reusable platforms, and disciplined execution. Coforge Nuuron provides the operational foundation for this transformation, while Momentuum blue is helping build the AI-native talent and delivery models required for the future. Combined with a growing emphasis on outcome-based pricing, these investments position Coforge at the forefront of the industry's shift toward Services-as-Software."
Over the last four quarters, Coforge has been positioned twice in the Non-Linear Leaders quadrant of the HFS Non-Linearity Index, reflecting performance above the industry average on both year-on-year constant-currency revenue per full-time employee (FTE) and operating margin per FTE. Sudhir Singh, CEO and Executive Director, Coforge, said, “Non-linear growth is about creating greater value without relying solely on adding capacity. Our sustained non-linear growth reflects how we are embedding AI across delivery and operations, and driving outcome-based delivery through our AI Mod Squads. HFS Research’s recognition validates the progress we are making in building a more scalable and differentiated operating model.”
Coforge’s AI capabilities are supported by more than 11,000 data and AI practitioners, alongside Coforge Nuuron, the AI Operation System, 8 AI platforms, 22 AI assets, and nearly 130 reusable AI agents and accelerators. These capabilities enable Coforge to apply increasing levels of AI and automation across delivery, helping clients modernize technology environments, improve operational performance and build new business capabilities. Momentuum blue, Coforge's specialized FDE operating unit, extends this by placing engineers directly inside client environments to build and ship AI solutions where the work happens. The recognition reinforces Coforge’s broader shift towards an AI-native, outcome-led model, where specialized expertise, reusable intellectual property, AI-enabled delivery, and technology-led productivity increasingly support scalable growth.
About Coforge
Coforge is an AI-native engineering services leader, where AI is the foundation of how we design, build, and deliver intelligent solutions for our clients. We use AI and hyperspecialized industry expertise to engineer autonomous enterprises. We combine AI agents with our AI-enabled workforce, including specialised FDEs in hybrid pod-based delivery units. With a deep focus on trusted AI, our solutions are secure, governed, and enterprise-grade. We are outcome-led by design. Moving beyond AI experimentation, we deliver measurable business outcomes—including lower operating costs, faster cycle times, higher conversion rates, and sustained margin growth.
Learn more at www.coforge.com
Coforge recognised as a leader in HFS Non-Linearity Index for CY Q4 2025 and Q1 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped after armed men attacked a once-peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United Nations said Tuesday.
It is believed to be one of the largest mass kidnappings in Haiti in recent years, and one gang leader is threatening to kill the hostages if authorities kill any gang members as they try to secure the community nestled in the hills above Port-au-Prince.
Sunday’s attack on Kenscoff pierced the belief that security in the troubled Caribbean country was improving.
“This is a major political and security test, for the government, for the police and for the international mission alike,” said Romain Le Cour, head of Haiti Observatory at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
He said the threat of executing hostages is a trap: If forces don’t act, they’ve failed to protect them; if they do and hostages die, the gangs will blame the state.
In a video posted on social media, the gang leader threatened Vladimir Paraison, director of Haiti’s National Police, warning that he should refrain from using drones to repel gangs in the area.
“Paraison, if any of our soldiers are hurt, I will kill all of them,” he said, referring to the hostages.
The gang member only identified himself as Izo 2, a reference to Izo, or Johnson André, one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders.
Le Cour said Izo 2 is also known as “Didi” and leads the armed group in Kenscoff on behalf of and in coordination with Izo and other gang leaders.
“He’s running a kind of franchise cell for other gangs,” Le Cour said.
He said the aim of Sunday’s attack could be to force Haiti’s police and the U.N.-backed gang suppression force to disperse even more of their limited resources.
“They don’t have enough personnel,” Le Cour said. “If you force them to deploy more troops, it would inevitably be at the expense of other areas.”
The attack might also just be a show of force and a message to Haiti’s government and police as the country prepares to hold general elections on Dec. 13 for the first time in more than a decade.
“This is a message to the government and the police that their claims of protection do not match reality,” Le Cour said. “The gangs are saying: when we choose to attack, we can, and we will succeed.”
The first major attack on Kenscoff occurred in January 2025, and since then, there have been sporadic attacks in the mountains surrounding the city center.
But Sunday’s attack was the largest yet. At least five of the 47 people killed were children, according to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, known as BINUH.
Kenscoff Mayor Jean Massillon told The Associated Press on Tuesday that two government employees were among those killed, including his cousin, who served as his security detail.
He said that members of Viv Ansanm, a powerful gang coalition that the United States has designated as a foreign terrorist organization, also set fire to 25 homes.
Information about the attack is still trickling out, with Massillon warning that gangs were still roaming Kenscoff’s periphery.
“The atrocity of this crime reminds us that we have to continue working stronger every day to bring peace to the community,” Massillon said. “I’m optimistic that the state will continue working to eradicate the gangs in Kenscoff.”
Some survivors accused the government of not providing enough protection prior to the attack, with Haiti’s National Police rejecting those accusations.
Le Cour said that if police and armored vehicles were indeed stationed in Kenscoff prior to the attack, then the assertion is concerning: “You let the gangs come in even if you had everything in place?”
Armed men control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince and swaths of land in Haiti’s central region and beyond.
Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, where more than 3,050 people were reported killed from January to June and another 1,400 injured, according to U.N. statistics released Tuesday.
The U.N. noted that nearly 800 rapes were reported from April to June, with 87% of those cases representing collective rapes.
At least 81 people also were reported kidnapped during that time period, according to a new U.N. report.
“These figures represent only a portion of the total number of people kidnapped,” it stated. “In many cases, victims’ relatives do not report kidnappings to the police or service providers and choose to negotiate directly with the kidnappers, believing that this approach allows for a quicker release and avoids possible reprisals.”
The number of kidnappings reported from April to June represents a more than 40% increase compared with the previous quarter.
Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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People look at the body of a person who was killed during a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
People watch as the bodies of their relatives who were killed in a gang attack are carried away by morgue workers in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Women cry at the site where their relatives were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
