Enterprises increasingly believe in AI’s potential, yet large-scale production deployments remain rare. The gap isn’t due to lack of ambition. It’s due to missing infrastructure. Without an operating system that allows AI agents to scale, collaborate, and evolve securely within enterprise environments that demand strict compliance, governance, and integration, most initiatives stay stuck in pilot mode instead of transforming operations at scale.
Today marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of enterprise AI as Franklin Templeton announces a multi-year strategic partnership with Wand AI to make the shift from experimental pilots to full-scale production deployment of agentic AI across the enterprise. This move from traditional automation to a truly agentic workforce within one of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions is propelling the financial industry forward.
When Franklin Templeton began exploring agentic AI with Wand, they weren't looking for simple task automation. They sought something transformative: AI workforce members that could join their teams, learn their business, and evolve alongside their coworkers. Thanks to Wand, that vision has become reality.
"Franklin Templeton has a long history of embracing transformative technologies to stay ahead of industry change," said Vasundhara Chetluru, Head of AI Platform at Franklin Templeton. The emphasis, she noted, is on technology that fundamentally reshapes how the organization operates and delivers value.
Over the past year, Franklin Templeton's journey with Wand has demonstrated what happens when you stop building static workflows and start building workforces. Their AI agents register as workforce members, enter training programs, and continuously improve their capabilities.
Wand-powered agents are already operating across multiple Franklin Templeton divisions and are expected to expand by 2026 to support the majority of enterprise workflows—driving:
This partnership is defined by the intelligent orchestration layer that governs and optimizes them. Wand coordinates intelligence across Franklin Templeton’s agentic workforce, managing and optimizing agent operations, while running continuous learning cycles and responding to requests to create or refine agents as needs evolve.
“Our mission at Wand AI is to advance AI from experimental, siloed technology to a fully integrated, adaptive workforce,” said Rotem Alaluf, CEO of Wand AI. “This collaboration demonstrates that vision at enterprise scale, showing how governed and orchestrated AI agents can work seamlessly alongside human teams in highly regulated environments.”
Traditional automation depreciates the moment it's deployed. Static scripts break, maintenance burdens grow, and yesterday's solutions become tomorrow's technical debt. Franklin Templeton chose a different path by building an AI workforce that appreciates in value through continuous evolution.
As financial institutions face mounting pressure to deliver sharper insights, operational excellence, and digital innovation at scale, Franklin Templeton's bold move sets a new standard. They're already cultivating an evolving workforce that learns, adapts, and improves every single day.
The Franklin Templeton partnership marks a significant step toward adopting a hybrid workforce, one in which the agentic and human workforces operate side by side within the modern enterprise. As a global firm with trillions in assets under management, Franklin Templeton’s commitment to scaling AI across its operations reflects a broader shift in how leading organizations are integrating AI agents into their core workforce strategies.
[Read the Full Press Release →] Discover all the details about how Franklin Templeton and Wand AI are pioneering the future of the hybrid workforce, including deployment timelines, governance frameworks, and the transformative impact on financial services innovation.
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