IBM Partners With E& To Deploy Enterprise-grade Agentic AI

By Anwesha Pattanaik
Publication Date: 2026-01-20 10:22:00

The newly introduced agentic AI platform is built on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Credit: ShU studio/Shutterstock.com.

IBM and UAE-based technology group e&, formerly known as Etisalat, have announced a strategic collaboration to implement an enterprise-grade agentic AI solution aimed at supporting governance and compliance functions.

The companies unveiled the initiative at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, highlighting e&’s shift from traditional chatbot technology toward AI systems that are embedded in critical enterprise processes.