TNO and Capgemini launch automated software modernisation service

Capgemini and TNO have announced a partnership to launch DebtZero, a commercial software modernisation service designed to systematically eliminate technical debt across complex enterprise systems.

As accumulated technical debt increasingly slows down digital innovation, organisations face growing risks from unpredictable technology migrations and inefficient manual code remediation. By combining Capgemini’s software engineering and delivery capabilities with TNO’s proprietary Renaissance transformation technology, DebtZero provides enterprises with a deterministic, automated approach to software quality and architectural renewal.

‘A core pillar of TNO’s mission is turning R&D into tangible innovations that strengthen industry competitiveness. Partnering with Capgemini enables us to scale our technology globally, bringing years of applied engineering research from TNO to enterprises worldwide.’

‘Our clients are under constant pressure to accelerate digital innovation, yet legacy technical debt often holds their engineering teams back. With DebtZero, we give organizations a predictable, risk-free way to modernize complex software landscapes so they can focus their talent on building new business value.’

A three-tier approach to eliminating technical debt

DebtZero introduces a three-tier service model that embeds TNO’s Renaissance engine and GenAI guardrails directly into daily software development and large-scale modernisation programs. Engineering teams can automatically resolve code violations within their CI/CD pipelines and remediate thousands of repository-wide quality issues without regression risk. For deeper transformation challenges, dedicated DebtZero Flex Teams combine specialist expertise with semi-automated tooling to eliminate technical debt across architecture, technology, code, and test layers.

From applied research to global enterprise delivery

Under the partnership agreement, Capgemini leads commercial delivery and client operations, while TNO retains intellectual property ownership of the Renaissance asset and provides ongoing research, quality assurance, and technological evolution. Marked by a launch ceremony in Utrecht, where leadership executed a live remediation prompt via the Refactor Bot alongside signing the agreement, Capgemini is now initiating the first customer deployments across complex, mission-critical software environments.