IBM and Microsoft Launch an Agent Platform for Banks
The platform starts with more than 6,000 prebuilt agents from IBM Consulting on Microsoft's cloud, with pricing undisclosed.
IBM and Microsoft launched Imagine Enterprise on Tuesday, November 10, an AI agent platform for banks, insurers and retailers.
IBM and Microsoft launched a joint AI agent platform on Tuesday, aimed first at banks, insurers and retailers. [IBM and Microsoft Launch AI Agent Platform — PYMNTS]
Imagine Enterprise pairs more than 6,000 prebuilt agents and assets from IBM Consulting with Microsoft's cloud, data and security stack. The companies didn't disclose pricing, and their named example customer, SEI, is exploring the platform rather than running it. [IBM and Microsoft Launch AI Agent Platform — PYMNTS] [IBM and Microsoft launch Imagine Enterprise, an agentic AI platform with 6,000+ prebuilt agents — N Global News]
The division of labor is plain. IBM brings the agents, built on its Consulting Advantage delivery platform, plus the industry frameworks. Microsoft brings the machinery underneath: Foundry, Copilot Studio and GitHub Copilot to build and coordinate agents, and Fabric, Microsoft 365, Entra, Purview, Defender and Azure for data, identity, governance and security. [IBM and Microsoft launch Imagine Enterprise, an agentic AI platform with 6,000+ prebuilt agents — N Global News]
Financial services, insurance and retail get the first frameworks. Manufacturing, energy, the public sector and mobility are on the list to follow. Delivery runs through IBM Consulting engagements, with self-management options for customers who want to run the platform themselves. [IBM and Microsoft launch Imagine Enterprise, an agentic AI platform with 6,000+ prebuilt agents — N Global News]
The target is the adoption gap Microsoft already has. The company counts about 450 million commercial Microsoft 365 seats, and fewer than 7 percent of them carried paid Copilot licenses as of September. A consulting-led platform with thousands of prebuilt, industry-shaped agents is a route into the other 93 percent. [IBM and Microsoft Launch AI Agent Platform — PYMNTS]
SEI, which manages, advises or administers about $2 trillion in assets, is the announcement's example of a customer exploring agentic technology with the two companies. The announcement doesn't say SEI has deployed Imagine Enterprise, and the workflow improvements in the launch materials are company descriptions, not measured results. [IBM and Microsoft launch Imagine Enterprise, an agentic AI platform with 6,000+ prebuilt agents — N Global News]
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