Board has introduced a suite of AI agents built on Microsoft Foundry that will enable finance, supply‑chain, merchandising, and other enterprise‑planning functions to operate with greater automation and insight. The first agents—FP&A and Controller—will be available worldwide on March 31, 2026, with Merchandiser and Supply‑Chain agents slated for later in the year.
The FP&A and Controller agents are designed to ingest a company’s financial data, generate forecasts, and recommend actions, while the Merchandiser and Supply‑Chain agents will help optimize inventory, pricing, and logistics. All agents are delivered through the Microsoft Marketplace, giving customers a single point of access and ensuring tight integration with existing Microsoft cloud services.
Microsoft Foundry, formerly Azure AI Studio, is a unified Azure platform‑as‑a‑service that provides model builders, multi‑agent orchestration, and secure deployment tools. By leveraging Foundry, Board can embed domain‑specific AI directly into its planning engine, allowing the agents to understand company data, processes, and governance rules without requiring customers to build custom models from scratch.
This partnership deepens Microsoft’s AI ecosystem and opens new revenue streams through increased usage of Foundry and potential licensing or subscription fees. For Board, the collaboration accelerates the adoption of AI in core planning workflows, positioning the company ahead of competitors that still rely on manual spreadsheets or generic AI tools. The move also signals a broader market trend toward agentic AI, where autonomous agents perform complex, multi‑step tasks in enterprise settings.
David Marmer, Chief Product Officer at Board, said the agents “are built around business‑contextual use cases that solve real‑world problems, allowing customers to reach value faster and adapt the agents as their business evolves.” Peter Skov, Senior Director of EMEA at Microsoft, added that the agents “are designed using a multi‑agent orchestration approach to quickly adapt as AI technology evolves, while maintaining strong ethical controls for accuracy, security, and data privacy.”
The launch comes amid a growing push for AI in finance and supply‑chain management, with analysts estimating the enterprise‑planning AI market could reach $10 billion by 2028. Key competitors include SAP, Oracle, and Infor, but Board’s integration with Foundry gives it a distinct advantage in delivering specialized, governance‑ready agents that can be deployed across a company’s existing Microsoft stack.
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