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Atos-powered agentic AI solution wins IDC AI Innovation Award

Atos-powered agentic AI solution wins IDC AI Innovation Award

The Sovereign AI Agent for Engineering R&D, developed jointly by Atos and manufacturer Flender China has been recognized as the Best Agentic AI Practice, which reduced design cycles by 83%, saving approximately 2,000 engineering hours annually.
The Sovereign AI Agent for Engineering R&D, developed jointly by Atos and manufacturer Flender China has been recognized as the Best Agentic AI Practice, which reduced design cycles by 83%, saving approximately 2,000 engineering hours annually.

The Sovereign AI Agent for Engineering R&D, developed jointly by Atos and manufacturer Flender China has been recognized as the Best Agentic AI Practice, which reduced design cycles by 83%, saving approximately 2,000 engineering hours annually.

Beijing, China – September 4, 2026 – Atos, a global leader of AI-powered digital transformation, today announced that a sovereign Agentic AI solution developed in collaboration with a manufacturing customer in China has been honored at the IDC China AI Innovation Awards 2026. The recognition highlights the growing role of enterprise-grade Agentic AI in driving outcome-driven innovation, operational efficiency, and business transformation across key industries.

Presented by International Data Corporation (IDC), the award recognized:

  • Sovereign AI Agent for Engineering R&D, developed jointly by Atos and manufacturer Flender, with the Best Agentic AI Practice Award.

Guo Yan Ming, IT Head, Flender China said “By applying sovereign, secure and compliant AI to complex engineering workflows, the solution accelerates knowledge reuse and decision-making, helping shorten the path from design insight to market-ready innovation while demonstrating the replicability of manufacturing agents in complex knowledge management.”

Yun Rui Feng, Managing Director, Atos China said “We are honored to collaborate with forward-looking customer on their AI transformation journeys. As demand for sovereign and responsible AI continues to grow across industries, Atos remains committed to helping organizations accelerate innovation and achieve measurable outcomes at scale.”

Atos developed a sovereign AI agent for Flender’s engineering R&D function that combines agentic AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), multimodal capabilities, and deep manufacturing domain knowledge. The solution helps engineering teams move faster from concept to market launch while delivering measurable business outcomes, including:

  • An 83% reduction in design standard document and engineering drawing interpretation time, from approximately 30 minutes to 5 minutes
  • A sixfold increase in engineering design processing capacity
  • Annual savings of approximately 2,000 engineering hours
  • Improved knowledge reuse, faster onboarding, and enhanced collaboration across engineering teams

As part of the Atos Sovereign Agentic Studio (SAS), Atos China is helping organizations turn Agentic AI ambition into business results. By combining sovereign AI principles with deep industry expertise, Atos enables enterprises to deploy trusted AI solutions that accelerate decision-making, strengthen operational resilience, and unlock new opportunities for growth.

Learn more about the Atos Sovereign Agentic Studio

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About Atos

Atos is the Atos Group brand dedicated to AI-powered, secure, end-to-end digital services. Atos designs, develops, and operates critical digital environments that drive performance, resilience and sovereignty, helping public and private organizations worldwide retain control over their data and infrastructures, while meeting regulatory requirements.

With more than 52,000 employees serving over 4,500 clients across 54 countries, Atos helps modernize core IT systems, accelerate cloud and data transformation, strengthen cybersecurity, and deliver secure digital workplace environments to support its clients, its employees and society. Atos also provides consulting and advisory services through its Atos Amplify brand.

A trusted partner in operating complex and mission-critical environments, Atos supports organizations across highly regulated and sovereign contexts.

About Atos Group

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 54,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €7.2 billion, operating in 54 countries under two brands – Atos for services and Eviden for products and systems. European number one in cybersecurity and a leader in cloud, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is listed on Euronext Paris. 

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Olivia YANG | olivia.yang@atos.ai | +86 133 9269 5973

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