1、1 2025 HFS Research.All Rights Reserved.Smash through tech debt:Why AI is the jackhammerAnd why breaking free requires a new And why breaking free requires a new kind of thinkingkind of thinkingDavid Cushman,Executive Research LeaderSaurabh Gupta,President,Research and Advisory ServicesAshwin Venkat
2、esan,Practice LeaderMARKET IMPACT REPORTIn partnership with2 2025 HFS Research.All Rights Reserved.ForewordTech debt is no longer just a technical issue;its a structural liability.It slows innovation,drains budgets,and locks enterprises into operating models that simply cant keep up.Despite years of
3、 transformation,most large organizations remain anchored to foundations never designed for the speed,agility,or intelligence todays markets demand.Our industry hasnt helped.Too many service providers are still optimizing for effort over outcomesmeasuring success in hours billed,not complexity remove
4、d.That model is obsolete.At Publicis Sapient,weve taken a fundamentally different approach.We believe its time for a model that delivers the outcomes that matter faster modernization,reduced tech debt,and systems built for adaptability.Thats why we created Sapient Slingshot,our AI-powered delivery m
5、odel built on Bodhi,our enterprise-scale agentic AI platform.Together,they enable secure,context-aware,and scalable transformation.Slingshot brings together a powerful suite of capabilities:prompt libraries tailored to client-specific needs,persistent context binding across the SDLC,a dynamic agent
6、architecture that ensures every software artifact is grounded in the right logic,and intelligent workflows that orchestrate the entire development lifecycle.Its not just about accelerating deliveryits about rewiring how modernization gets done.With Slingshot,our multidisciplinary SPEED(Strategy,Prod