AI Magazine June 2026 Issue 44 | Page 97

TECHNOLOGY
Through the aforementioned collaboration, clients building agents with IBM watsonx Orchestrate can access ElevenLabs’ premium speech quality alongside an extensive library of more than 10,000 voices.
Crucially, the partnership ensures clients do not have to sacrifice protection for performance. Organisations can access enterprise-grade protections – including PCI compliance for secured payment processing, Zero Retention Mode designed to support HIPAAcompliant data handling and strict data residency controls. The combination helps to address the consistency, security and reliability needed for enterprise-scale deployments, supporting high-volume and highlyconcurrent interactions across global user bases.
“ We’ re bringing a voice to AI Agents in the enterprise,” emphasises Nick Holda, Vice President, AI Technology Partnerships at IBM.“ As clients increasingly deploy agentic AI that interacts with their customers and employees, they want these experiences to feel intuitive, responsive and accessible.
“ IBM’ s open ecosystem approach offers clients the flexibility to choose the models and tools that fit their business, and our integration of ElevenLabs into watsonx Orchestrate is a powerful example of that – enabling enterprises to deploy
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