Kore.ai launches Artemis enterprise agents

Kore.ai launched the Artemis edition of its agent platform on May 21, saying the new system is designed to help enterprises build, govern and optimize AI agents running across business workflows. (kore.ai) The San Mateo, California-based company said Artemis is an “AI-programmable” and “AI-native” foundation for multiagent systems, with the first release available on Microsoft Azure. VentureBeat reported the launch as a direct push into a field also contested by Microsoft, Salesforce and Google. The new release comes as software vendors race to define the control layer for enterprise agents rather than just the underlying models. (markets.financialcontent.com) Kore.ai’s product pages describe Artemis as a platform for orchestration, governance, observability and lifecycle management, while the company’s documentation says enterprises can use it to develop, deploy and manage AI-powered business applications at scale. (kore.ai) ### What exactly did Kore.ai launch? Kore.ai said Artemis is the new generation of its existing agent platform, not a standalone consumer product. The company described it as the base layer for building agents, systems and workflows that can operate in production environments with governance and operational controls in place before deployment. (kore.ai) The Kore.ai website says the platform is aimed at customer and employee use cases and is paired with pre-built applications, templates and integrations through the company’s marketplace. Its agent platform page says enterprises can use Artemis to build, deploy and orchestrate agents in secure, scalable settings. ### Why is Artemis being framed around governance and control? (kore.ai) Kore.ai said Artemis includes centralized oversight, tracing, auditability and operational controls for enterprise agents. A separate product page for its agent management layer says companies can connect agents built across different platforms and teams into a single management layer, with real-time operational and financial insights tied to accuracy, latency and cost. (kore.ai) Help Net Security reported that Artemis is built to enforce governance, observability and operational control before an agent goes live. That emphasis reflects what vendors and enterprise buyers have been highlighting this year: not only whether agents can perform tasks, but whether companies can monitor, evaluate and govern them once deployed. (kore.ai) ### What technology is Kore.ai saying makes this different? Kore.ai said one core component is Agent Blueprint Language, or ABL, which it describes as a compiled, declarative language for defining, validating and governing agents, systems and workflows. The company said ABL helps compress delivery time from months to days, a claim repeated in syndicated coverage of the launch. (kore.ai) The New Stack reported that Artemis also includes what Kore.ai calls a “dual-brain architecture” and governance tools for enterprise multiagent systems. (helpnetsecurity.com) Kore.ai’s own material, however, puts the main commercial emphasis on programmability, evaluation, tracing and optimization rather than on a single model or model provider. ### Who is Kore.ai competing with? VentureBeat said Kore.ai is challenging Microsoft, Salesforce and Google as those companies expand enterprise agent offerings. Kore.ai’s positioning is aimed at the orchestration and management layer, where enterprises may want vendor-agnostic controls over agents, integrations and policy enforcement. (markets.financialcontent.com) The company’s own marketing describes the platform as “open” and “agnostic,” language that suggests it wants to appeal to customers using multiple models, frameworks or cloud environments. Kore.ai has not said Artemis will remain Azure-only; its launch materials say broader cloud availability will follow. (thenewstack.io) ### What happens next? Microsoft Azure is the first cloud environment for Artemis, according to Kore.ai’s May 21 launch materials. Kore.ai said additional cloud availability will come later, and its newsroom and product pages are carrying the rollout details and platform documentation. (kore.ai 1) (kore.ai 2) (venturebeat.com)