Agentic enterprise app lifecycle optimization platform company Opkey today announced the launch of Opkey Design Studio, a suite of agentic artificial intelligence capabilities that extends its platform to automate and standardize cloud application discovery and design from statement-of-work creation through configuration.

Design Studio has been designed to address what Opkey calls one of the most challenging phases of cloud application implementations — discovery and design — which has traditionally been manual, fragmented and high-risk. Opkey now empowers systems integrators to accelerate delivery, improve traceability from sales to delivery and reduce rework by applying agentic AI across statement-of-work creation, discovery, design thinking and configuration.

“Systems integrators face increasing pressure to deliver enterprise application programs faster with fewer resources while managing aggressive timelines and tight customer budgets,” explains Grae Gray, executive vice president of strategic innovation and excellence at Opkey. “Opkey Design Studio transforms this equation by automating manual tasks that have historically consumed significant time and introduced risk.”

Opkey Design Studio is powered by Argus, a domain-specific model that has been trained on decades of expertise and more than 200 terabytes of enterprise application and performance data. The AI agents manage every phase of the application lifecycle, including define, design, configure, test and train.

Key capabilities include SOW creation and automation, with end-to-end traceability from statement of work through delivery, reducing scope creep and project overages. There’s also AI-powered discovery with support for digital questionnaires and an AI copilot trained on comprehensive enterprise application knowledge, streamlining requirements, gathering and design thinking. Finally, a visual design canvas allows architects to visualize designs and make changes with drag-and-drop simplicity.

Other capabilities include Business Process Model and Notation-compliant business process modeling, design validation, automated configuration and unified project management.

The company claims that Design Studio also delivers significant competitive advantages for systems integrators, including up to 50% faster Oracle and Workday implementations through automated discovery, design and configuration, reduced delivery effort by automating manual work, improved margins through reduced rework, increased project velocity, enhanced bid competitiveness and a superior customer experience.

“Opkey’s agentic AI approach represents a meaningful advancement for systems integrators facing the challenges of enterprise modernization,” said Mickey North Rizza, a senior vice president at International Data Corp. “The platform brings continuous intelligence across the enterprise application lifecycle, addressing critical pain points around delivery speed, predictability and margin protection.”

Opkey, formally Smart Software Testing Solutions Inc., is a venture capital-backed startup that has raised $59 million, including a round of $47 million in August 2022. Investors in the company include PeakSpan Capital, UST Global Inc., Verica Inc., Vertical Inc. and YouNest VC.

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