Kore.ai, a prominent global provider of enterprise AI platforms, has announced a strategic partnership with Atos UK&I, a leader in AI-powered digital transformation. This collaboration is set to deliver governed, production-ready AI agents to regulated organisations across the United Kingdom, focusing on secure and scalable solutions for critical sectors.
The partnership will see the integration of Kore.ai’s next-generation, AI-programmable Agent Platform Artemis with the Atos Sovereign Agentic Studio. This studio provides essential production infrastructure, comprehensive governance frameworks, and deep UK industry expertise. The aim is to offer an end-to-end proposition that enables UK enterprises to transition from initial AI ambitions to achieving measurable business outcomes.
Mike Hill, Head of Technology at Atos UK&I, emphasised that their Sovereign Agentic Studio was specifically designed to operationalise AI safely and at scale. He highlighted Kore.ai as an ideal partner to extend this capability, creating a unique, 'sovereign-first' AI offering for UK enterprises that demand both innovation and stringent control over their data and operations.
These advanced AI agents will be deployed within mixed human and AI teams, operating out of Atos’ UK-based Sovereign Agentic Studio. This delivery model is particularly geared towards the UK public sector, financial services, healthcare, defence, and critical national infrastructure, where data sovereignty and stringent security are paramount.
Raj Koneru, CEO and Founder of Kore.ai, noted that the next phase of enterprise AI will be defined by governed systems of intelligence operating reliably at scale, rather than individual agents. He stated that by combining Kore.ai's AI-native architecture and multiagent orchestration with Atos' studio, UK organisations can build, scale, and optimise multiagent AI systems within sovereign boundaries, ensuring the trust, security, and compliance required by regulated industries and mission-critical operations.
The collaboration also addresses the evolving regulatory landscape, particularly with the EU AI Act set to take effect in August 2026. This legislation shifts the focus for enterprises from merely building AI to proving its governance, explainability, security, and control. The combined offerings from Kore.ai and Atos aim to provide the necessary bounded autonomy, governance by design, and full observability, alongside the production-grade controls now demanded by regulated industries.