IBM and Microsoft announce a new AI agent platform designed for industry-specific transformation – Source

IBM and Microsoft announce a new AI agent platform designed for industry-specific transformation – Source

By Microsoft Source
Publication Date: 2026-11-10 13:00:00

  • IBM Consulting brings more than 6,000 prebuilt AI agents and assets, the experience building them, and industry expertise, while Microsoft provides AI, cloud and security technologies
  • New platform comes with forward-deployed engineering support from both Microsoft and IBM Consulting
  • SEI’s enterprise transformation illustrates the types of business needs that agentic AI can help address

ARMONK, N.Y., and REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 10, 2026 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Tuesday announced Imagine Enterprise, an agentic platform designed to help enterprises build, run and govern AI agents that help people execute industry-specific processes. IBM Consulting and Microsoft have combined their technologies and expertise with forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying engagements to help enterprises accelerate AI deployment.

Imagine Enterprise aims to help organizations — especially in regulated industries — combine human expertise…