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Kore.ai, a global leader in enterprise Agentic AI platforms and solutions, today announced that it will be a release partner for Microsoft Agent 365, unveiled at Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco.
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As part of this collaboration, Kore.ai gained early access to integrate with the Microsoft Agent 365 ecosystem, accelerating the adoption of AI agents in daily work. The integration brings Kore.ai’s AI for Work solution and AI agents built on Kore.aiAgent Platform into the Microsoft Agent 365 ecosystem, making them easily deployable, discoverable, and accessible across Microsoft 365 applications, delivering an immersive experience that brings AI assistance directly into the flow of work across Microsoft Word, Teams, and beyond.
“We’re delighted to be a launch partner for Microsoft Agent 365, advancing the future of work through AI agents,” said Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO of Kore.ai. “Our agentic orchestration capabilities allow customers to bring AI into the flow of daily work, applying intelligence grounded in business data, and ensuring security and trust at every layer. By integrating our AI for Work solution within the Microsoft ecosystem, Kore.ai delivers secure, governable, and scalable agents capable of handling complex workflows and driving enterprise productivity at scale.”
Kore.ai’s integration with Microsoft Agent 365 enables enterprises to:
"Our collaboration with Kore.ai is accelerating the frontier workforce with next-generation agentic solutions integrated with Microsoft Agent 365 – the control plane for all agents. This supports faster innovation and helps customers stay secure, bringing agents into the same trusted environments as users with familiar infrastructure, apps, and protections,” said Nirav Shah, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Agent 365.
The Future of Enterprise Work
As AI evolves from tools to teammates, enterprises are entering an era where AI agents will work alongside humans as digital colleagues—taking on roles, responsibilities, and tasks with autonomy and accountability. Kore.ai’s Agent Platform, integrated with Microsoft Agent 365, gives enterprises the speed, control, and flexibility to orchestrate and govern this emerging digital workforce—enabling a secure workplace that’s more intelligent, adaptive, and human-centered.
“The future of enterprise AI is human-led and AI-powered,” said Sharang Sharma, Vice President at Everest Group. “In the workplace, we expect to see rapid adoption of AI agents built across diverse platforms. To unlock their full potential, these agents must be intelligently orchestrated to drive seamless business operations. Agentic orchestration platforms like Kore.ai, combined with the secure and scalable infrastructure of Microsoft, will play a pivotal role in accelerating responsible enterprise AI adoption.”
AboutKore.ai
Kore.ai is a leader in enterprise AI with over a decade of experience in helping large enterprises realize business value through the safe and responsible use of AI. It provides comprehensive offerings for AI work, process automation and customer service use cases, built on an AI agent platform with no-code and pro-code tools for custom development and deployment at enterprise scale. Kore.ai takes an agnostic approach to models, data, cloud and applications used, giving customers freedom of choice. Trusted by over 500 partners and 450 Global 2000 companies, Kore.ai helps them navigate their AI strategy. The company has a strong patent portfolio in the AI space and has been recognized as a leader and an innovator by top analysts. Headquartered in Orlando, Kore.ai has a network of offices to support customers in India, the UK, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. Visit Kore.ai to learn more.
Kore.ai CEO Raj Koneru (L) in conversation with Nick Parker, Microsoft Chief Business Officer and President of Worldwide Sales & Solutions (R) at Microsoft Ignite
ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the second official day of the annual Islamic pilgrimage, considered the pinnacle of the Hajj.
Despite the sweltering heat, the pilgrims gathered on the rocky hill and surrounding plain for intense prayers and worship that often mark a spiritual peak for them. They fervently murmured prayers and poured their hearts out in supplications. Many raised their hands in worship. It is common for pilgrims on that day, some with tears streaming down their faces, to ask God for forgiveness, mercy, blessings and good health.
The Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is required once in a lifetime for every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to perform it.
For pilgrims, the Hajj, performed over several days, can be a deeply moving spiritual experience and a chance to seek God’s forgiveness and the erasure of past sins. As they brave the intense heat to perform religious rituals, many pilgrims have been using umbrellas for shade.
A Saudi official said on Friday that more than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in the country from abroad.
This year, Muslims have been pouring into Saudi Arabia for the Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war and related uncertainty in the region.
The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats used to lay mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely." Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war.
For many, performing the Hajj can be a realization of a lifelong dream as they spend years hoping and praying to one day be able to undertake the pilgrimage or saving up money and waiting for a permit to embark on the trip.
“This happens once in a lifetime,” Mohammad Asal, an Egyptian pilgrim, said. “People here have prepared their prayers, hoping that God will respond to them, because we know that ... the most important ritual of the Hajj is being in Arafat.”
The Hajj brings together large numbers of Muslims of diverse races, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, creating a sense of unity for many. It’s a mass, communal experience, with Muslims performing rituals together. But it is also deeply personal, as every pilgrim brings their own yearnings and experiences.
“It was incredible,” Ahmed Sufyan, a pilgrim from the United States, said on Tuesday. “The unity and peace that we feel is something I’ve never experienced before,” he added via WhatsApp.
“Our wishes are many,” Mohammad Obaid, a Sudanese pilgrim, said, adding he was praying for Sudan and Muslims everywhere.
Fam reported from Winter Park, Florida.
Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
A Muslim pilgrim pray atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims walk towards the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims are silhouetted as they pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims pray at top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Muslim pilgrims read a copy of Islam's holy book Quran atop of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
