KPMG LLP and Uniphore have announced a strategic relationship aimed at building and deploying AI agents powered by industry-specific small language models (SLMs) to accelerate business outcomes across heavily regulated sectors such as banking, insurance, energy and healthcare, marking a shift from experimental AI pilots to production-grade implementations in enterprise workflows. Under the collaboration, KPMG will leverage Uniphore’s Business AI Cloud platform to develop agentic AI solutions that integrate with existing enterprise systems on a sovereign, composable and secure architecture that meets governance and compliance requirements critical to regulated industries. This effort supports KPMG’s broader initiative to equip its global workforce with AI-enabled delivery models, blending consulting expertise with embedded AI execution across core business processes, while training teams to design, deploy and govern AI agents that combine human judgment with automated capabilities. “We are thrilled to align with Uniphore’s vision for AI as a transformative force for business as we focus on helping clients move from AI experimentation to real operational value,” said Prasad Jayaraman, advisory principal at KPMG. “Working together with Uniphore to use AI to transform regulated industries supports our mission to embed business AI into how work gets done, in a way that is governed, scalable and aligned with client needs.”
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A central aim of the partnership is to translate institutional knowledge, regulatory frameworks and process playbooks into reusable SLM-driven AI agents that can be deployed across functions such as procurement, workforce optimization, finance, claims and customer experience, addressing challenges like revenue leakage, extended contract review cycles and inconsistent risk oversight by operating directly within enterprise workflows and alongside modern data platforms such as Databricks and Snowflake. “Business AI proves its value in production, where enterprise environments are complex, regulated, and deeply interconnected,” said Umesh Sachdev, CEO and co-founder of Uniphore. “Our work with KPMG enables a repeatable process for running AI inside real enterprise workflows, so organizations can scale how people and AI work together and drive outcomes.” The first client solutions emerging from this initiative include an AI-enabled procurement and contracting capability that classifies contracts, extracts obligations, flags risk and routes exceptions for human approval, while preserving existing data controls and policy enforcement.
