Microsoft, in collaboration with Accenture, has announced a multi-year partnership with Essity, a global hygiene and health company, to accelerate the adoption of AI agents. The collaboration will take place at Essity's AI Centre of Excellence, leveraging Microsoft's advanced technologies including Azure, Copilot Studio, and the Power Platform to enhance business agility and drive growth. The initial phase of this partnership will focus on transforming Essity's procurement and finance operations by creating a flexible, cloud-based technology platform. This platform will enable the testing and scaling of next-generation AI solutions across core business functions. Over the long term, Essity plans to deploy AI throughout the company to reinvent other business processes and unlock new value. The partnership underscores Microsoft's strategy of integrating its AI capabilities into enterprise workflows to improve efficiency and foster innovation. Sophia Wikander, CEO of Microsoft Sweden, noted that the collaboration brings Microsoft's agentic AI technologies and expertise to empower Essity to reimagine its core operations. No immediate market reaction or financial analysis of the deal was available.