IBM‑Salesforce AI Agents with Watson X
Key Points
- IBM and Salesforce announced an expanded partnership to deliver pre‑built AI agents that combine Salesforce’s Agent Force with IBM Watson X, enabling enterprises to embed autonomous agents within their daily apps while keeping data secure and compliant.
- The integration will let users invoke agents via Slack, access a broader range of AI models—including IBM’s Granite foundation models and third‑party LLMs—through Watson X Model Builder, and customize AI workflows across the Salesforce ecosystem.
- IBM unveiled an open‑framework update to Watson X that provides a catalog of built‑in models and patterns plus a “bring‑your‑own‑model” capability, allowing organizations to upload and deploy custom foundation models with enterprise‑grade governance and on‑premise options to keep data close to its source.
- IBM launched the “Mixture of Experts” podcast, a weekly show where host Tim Wang and rotating AI specialists discuss the latest AI innovations, trends, and news, offering expert analysis on current industry developments.
Full Transcript
# IBM‑Salesforce AI Agents with Watson X **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTfuRdA1vI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTfuRdA1vI) **Duration:** 00:03:59 ## Summary - IBM and Salesforce announced an expanded partnership to deliver pre‑built AI agents that combine Salesforce’s Agent Force with IBM Watson X, enabling enterprises to embed autonomous agents within their daily apps while keeping data secure and compliant. - The integration will let users invoke agents via Slack, access a broader range of AI models—including IBM’s Granite foundation models and third‑party LLMs—through Watson X Model Builder, and customize AI workflows across the Salesforce ecosystem. - IBM unveiled an open‑framework update to Watson X that provides a catalog of built‑in models and patterns plus a “bring‑your‑own‑model” capability, allowing organizations to upload and deploy custom foundation models with enterprise‑grade governance and on‑premise options to keep data close to its source. - IBM launched the “Mixture of Experts” podcast, a weekly show where host Tim Wang and rotating AI specialists discuss the latest AI innovations, trends, and news, offering expert analysis on current industry developments. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbTfuRdA1vI&t=0s) **IBM and Salesforce Unveil AI Agent Integration** - IBM and Salesforce announced a partnership that integrates Watson X with Salesforce’s Agent Force to deliver pre‑built autonomous AI agents, customizable foundation models, and Slack‑based conversational experiences for enterprise use. ## Full Transcript
a new collaboration between IBM and
Salesforce custom Foundation models on
Watson x. and a look at IBM's exciting
new podcast a mixture of experts all on
this episode of IBM Tech
now big news out of dreamforce this week
as Salesforce and IBM announced that
they plan to take their longstanding
partnership to the next level by
providing pre-built AI agents and tools
that you can use with within your it
environments this will allow you to use
your own unique data and maintain strict
control over your systems by combining
agent force which is the Salesforce
Suite of autonomous agents with
capabilities from IBM Watson X the
companies will help you harness the
power of Agents within the applications
you use every day leveraging Watson X
orchestrate IBM will create autonomous
agents for agent force to help you
improve productivity maintain security
and adhere to regulations you'll even be
able to use slack to engage in
conversational experiences with your
agents you'll also be able to access a
wider variety of AI model and deployment
options through an integration with IBM
Watson x. to power AI use cases within
Salesforce model builder this
integration will allow you to access and
deploy customized llms via Watson x.
including a wide set of thirdparty
models and IBM's Granite family of
foundation models built for the ENT
entprise to learn more about this
exciting partnership check out the link
in the description of this video next up
to continue on the news about Watson x.
a we're excited that IBM recently
announced a new feature update that
delivers an open framework this gives
you as the user access to a catalog of
built-in models and patterns that can be
seamlessly extended through a bring your
own model capability you can now do even
more with our Enterprise AI Studio by
uploading and deploying your own custom
foundational models across software and
SAS environments why would one want to
bring their own model ultimately the
custom Foundation model approach
provides greater flexibility in how you
select and use the right model to meet
your specific generative AI use cases
and Technical tasks by deploying your
custom model into Watson x. software or
SAS environments you can use it within
your applications and have access to the
platform's Enterprise ready governance
features even better with our on
premises solution you're bringing the
model closer to where your data resides
mitigating your risk exposure to learn
more about this new feature in Watson x.
hit the link
below to wrap things up this week I
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intelligence the performance of
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