IBM and Microsoft Launch Imagine Enterprise AI Platform

IBM and Microsoft announced Imagine Enterprise on November 10, a platform intended to help companies build and govern artificial intelligence agents across their data and business workflows. The offering combines IBM Consulting’s library of more than 6,000 prebuilt agents and related assets with Microsoft’s cloud, AI, data and security technologies.

The companies said the platform is designed to help enterprises move from AI testing toward production. Engineers from both firms will work directly with qualifying customers to integrate agents into existing systems and support their deployment. The 6,000 figure includes related assets, not only agents ready to deploy.

Imagine Enterprise’s initial industry-specific frameworks are aimed at financial services, insurance and retail. The platform draws on IBM Consulting Advantage and tools including Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio and GitHub Copilot. Microsoft Fabric connects enterprise data, while Entra, Purview and Defender provide identity, governance and security capabilities. IBM’s Process Studio, Context Studio and Advantage Core support agent configuration, deployment and oversight.

The companies are positioning governance and...