ServiceNow & Nvidia Unveil Enterprise AI Agents
By Dr. Hernani Costa — May 12, 2025
New "Apriel Nemotron 15B" model powers faster workflow agents—plus Google I/O teasers and a fun AI trivia bite.
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ServiceNow + Nvidia roll out 'Apriel Nemotron 15B' and a data flywheel
Enterprise-workflow giant ServiceNow and Nvidia have deepened their partnership, debuting a purpose-built reasoning model called Apriel Nemotron 15B at the Knowledge 2025 conference in Las Vegas. The 15-billion-parameter large language model (LLM) is trained on ServiceNow domain data with Nvidia's NeMo toolkit and DGX Cloud infrastructure, promising lower latency and inference cost for real-time "agentic AI" inside corporate workflows.
Why it matters:
- Smaller, cheaper, faster – A compact model that still offers advanced reasoning could make autonomous agents viable for more organisations, not just Big Tech. This breakthrough in AI automation consulting demonstrates how workflow automation design can be democratized across enterprises.
- Closed-loop learning – A joint "data flywheel" will feed enterprise workflow data back into model fine-tuning, continually boosting accuracy while letting customers keep control of sensitive data. This approach to AI governance & risk advisory ensures compliance while enabling operational AI implementation.
- Market signal – With availability expected in Q2 2025, ServiceNow is positioning itself as an "AI operating system" for business tasks—an arena previously dominated by custom in-house stacks. For EU SMEs evaluating AI readiness assessment and digital transformation strategy, this represents a shift toward accessible enterprise AI solutions.
"We're powering intelligent AI agents that can make context-aware decisions, adapt to complex workflows, and deliver personalised outcomes at scale,"
— said Jon Sigler, EVP of Platform & AI at ServiceNow.
Meanwhile, in other corners of the AI world...
Quick Takes
- AI Safety Advocates Urge Caution — Experts like Max Tegmark are calling for rigorous risk assessments of advanced AI systems to prevent potential loss of human control over artificial superintelligence.
- Gen Z's Openness to AI Relationships — A recent poll reveals that a significant portion of Generation Z is open to forming emotional connections with AI, with some even considering marriage to AI entities if it were legal.
- Meta's Vision for AI in Engineering — Mark Zuckerberg suggests that AI could soon handle tasks equivalent to those of mid-level engineers, potentially reshaping the software development.
Fun Fact
Did you know? The concept of "Living Intelligence" merges AI, biotechnology, and advanced sensors to create systems capable of sensing, learning, and adapting, blurring the lines between biological and artificial systems.
Written by Dr Hernani Costa and originally published at First AI Movers. Subscribe to the First AI Movers Newsletter for daily, no‑fluff AI business insights, practical and compliant AI playbooks for EU SME leaders. First AI Movers is part of Core Ventures.
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