Microsoft and IBM launch Imagine Enterprise agent platform
Imagine Enterprise gives companies more than 6,000 made AI agents from IBM on Microsoft cloud, with engineers from the two firms.
On 10 November 2026, IBM and Microsoft launch an agent platform that helps companies make, operate and control AI agents. These agents are software that does tasks with no person in control all the time. The consulting unit of IBM gives more than 6,000 made agents, and Microsoft gives the AI, data, cloud and cybersecurity parts.
How it works
The platform connects agents to the data and systems that a company has. The firms tell that it has controls, monitoring and help with AI compliance, above all for regulated industries. It first targets financial services, insurance and retail.
Engineers from the two firms work at the customer for some projects.
Proof and context
The firms give no test results. Gartner found that only 4% of chief information officers have a plan to change roles for a workforce of persons and agents.
Open questions
The source gives no price and no date for general sale. It does not tell how good the agents are. It does not tell if the agents can operate on the cloud of a different firm.
Insight: Vendors give engineers with the agents
Gartner has Microsoft and IBM as two of three leaders in its first ranking of agent management platforms, from 2 November. Eight days after that, the two firms give one platform. This reads as a move to control the agent layer with engineers, because only 4% of chief information officers have a plan to change roles. Look for the price of the engineers.
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