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10 Nov 2026, 16:29
IBM and Microsoft Launch Imagine Enterprise Agentic AI Platform for Industry-Specific Workflows
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched Imagine Enterprise, a new agentic AI platform designed to help companies build, deploy and govern AI agents for industry-specific business processes.
The platform combines IBM Consulting’s library of more than 6,000 pre-built AI agents and assets with Microsoft’s AI, cloud, data, security and productivity technologies. The companies are also offering forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying enterprise engagements to help customers move AI projects from experimentation into production.
Imagine Enterprise is designed to integrate with existing enterprise data, processes and systems rather than requiring companies to replace their current technology stack. Governance, observability, identity, security and compliance controls are built into the platform, with an initial focus on regulated industries.
Microsoft technologies including Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric, Microsoft 365, Entra, Purview, Defender and Azure provide the underlying AI, data, identity and cloud foundation. IBM Consulting contributes its Advantage platform, including Process Studio, Context Studio and Advantage Core, to help customers design and manage tailored AI agents.
Financial technology company SEI is among the organizations exploring the platform, using IBM Consulting and Microsoft technologies to support enterprise transformation and evaluate agentic AI across internal and client-facing processes.
Imagine Enterprise initially includes industry frameworks for financial services, insurance and retail, with IBM and Microsoft planning potential expansion into manufacturing, energy, public sector, mobility and other industries.
The launch deepens the longstanding IBM-Microsoft partnership and reflects both companies’ push to move enterprise AI beyond standalone productivity tools toward coordinated AI agents capable of executing complex, industry-specific workflows.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched Imagine Enterprise, a new agentic AI platform designed to help companies build, deploy and govern AI agents for industry-specific business processes.
The platform combines IBM Consulting’s library of more than 6,000 pre-built AI agents and assets with Microsoft’s AI, cloud, data, security and productivity technologies. The companies are also offering forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying enterprise engagements to help customers move AI projects from experimentation into production.
Imagine Enterprise is designed to integrate with existing enterprise data, processes and systems rather than requiring companies to replace their current technology stack. Governance, observability, identity, security and compliance controls are built into the platform, with an initial focus on regulated industries.
Microsoft technologies including Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric, Microsoft 365, Entra, Purview, Defender and Azure provide the underlying AI, data, identity and cloud foundation. IBM Consulting contributes its Advantage platform, including Process Studio, Context Studio and Advantage Core, to help customers design and manage tailored AI agents.
Financial technology company SEI is among the organizations exploring the platform, using IBM Consulting and Microsoft technologies to support enterprise transformation and evaluate agentic AI across internal and client-facing processes.
Imagine Enterprise initially includes industry frameworks for financial services, insurance and retail, with IBM and Microsoft planning potential expansion into manufacturing, energy, public sector, mobility and other industries.
The launch deepens the longstanding IBM-Microsoft partnership and reflects both companies’ push to move enterprise AI beyond standalone productivity tools toward coordinated AI agents capable of executing complex, industry-specific workflows.
