IBM and Microsoft launch Imagine Enterprise AI platform

IBM and Microsoft have announced Imagine Enterprise, an agentic AI platform for enterprises, with SEI cited as an early example of exploration and deployment support.

• The platform is designed to help organizations build, run, and govern AI agents for industry-specific processes, with IBM Consulting and Microsoft combining technologies, expertise, and forward-deployed engineering support for qualifying engagements.
• The announcement says the platform includes more than 6,000 AI agents and assets from IBM Consulting, uses Microsoft technologies such as Foundry, GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric, Entra, Purview, Defender, and Azure, and is initially aimed at financial services, insurance, and retail.
• SEI is exploring emerging and agentic technologies with IBM Consulting and Microsoft to improve operations and employee/client experiences; the release also provides media contacts for IBM, Microsoft, and SEI.