IBM has opened its newest Agentic AI Innovation Center at its Bengaluru office. The innovation centre will offer clients hands-on experience working with autonomous AI agents. 

At the Center, clients and partners can build AI agents, fine-tune small language models (SLMs) to power them, and audit the entire process -- all within a matter of hours.

According to the company, clients, partners and startups can explore AI agents on IBM's platform and solutions. 

"At the heart of the Center and IBM's agentic AI strategy, is IBM watsonx Orchestrate, a single solution that helps companies build, deploy, and manage all of their AI agents and their assistants - and enable them to work across their existing technology stack," the company said.

Dinesh Nirmal, senior vice president, IBM Software, said, “We are entering a new era of AI - one defined by intelligent agents that don't just assist but act, adapt, and collaborate in real time. The IBM Agentic AI center brings this vision to life by urging local enterprises to evolve their AI strategy from reactive to proactive."

A recent survey by IBM, in collaboration with Oxford Economics, reveals that AI is now a key driver of financial performance. The study found that Indian business leaders are leading the charge globally in adopting AI across core business functions. Notably, 78% of Indian executives believe the greatest value of agentic AI lies in enhancing decision-making. Additionally, 78% of the Indian leaders are actively encouraging employees to experiment with agentic AI tools..com for more information.