Zafin AIOS recognized in Gartner® Coolest Vendor Innovations in Agentic AI for Banking, Part 2, a
report examining orchestration, governance and real-time assurance for enterprise-scale Agentic AI.
As banks move agentic AI from pilots to enterprise-scale deployment, the challenge is shifting from what
individual agents can do to how organizations govern, orchestrate and oversee agentic work across the
enterprise.
The Gartner research examines the growing operational complexity that comes with scaling agentic AI,
including security, compliance, agent sprawl and cost. The report cites a Gartner survey in which 83% of
banking technology leaders said they require additional technical controls to properly manage, govern and
secure AI agents.
From building agents to governing agentic work
Part 2 covers orchestration, governance and real-time assurance platforms that ensure all these agentic
capabilities work together at scale, securely and with enterprisewide control. Within this context, Gartner
examines Zafin AIOS.
Rather than concentrating on agent creation or model access, Zafin AIOS provides an end-to-end agent
orchestration platform and control plane for governed agentic work. Its model-agnostic architecture
enables organizations to orchestrate work across agents, models, tools, workflows and systems, with
human authority, cost controls and proof of work built into the work path.
We believe this reflects a broader shift in enterprise AI. As organizations deploy agents across
increasingly critical workflows, building agents is only part of the challenge. Enterprises also need the
operating infrastructure to govern how agentic work is authorized, executed, observed and controlled.
“As agents take on more consequential work, organizations need more than visibility after the fact,” said
Shahir Daya, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Zafin. “They need to establish what agents are
authorized to do, where human authority is required, what controls apply and how the work can be
proven. Zafin AIOS was built to bring those requirements into the work path itself.”
For Zafin, being named a Cool Vendor™ by Gartner in Agentic AI for Banking comes at an important
point in the evolution of agentic AI. As banks look to move beyond experimentation, orchestration,
governance and proof will become increasingly important to turning agent activity into governed
operating capacity.
Zafin AIOS was built for that next phase: helping regulated institutions put AI agents to work without
losing control.
Learn more about Zafin AIOS → www.zafin.com/aios/
Read Gartner® Coolest Vendor Innovations in Agentic AI for Banking, Part 2 → https://zafin.com/aios/insights/white-paper-and-reports/zafin-is-recognized-as-a-cool-vendor-in-agentic-ai-for-banking/
Gartner, Coolest Vendor Innovations in Agentic AI for Banking, Part 2, Van To, Jeff Casey, Jasleen Kaur Sindhu
and Sudarshana Bhattacharya, 26 August 2026.
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