ServiceNow has said its entire product portfolio will now be AI-enabled by default, folding AI, data connectivity, workflow execution, security, and governance into every offering rather than selling them as separate add-ons.
The shift is intended to give organisations a complete AI-native experience across all products and packages, combining a conversational front end through EmployeeWorks, connected data through Workflow Data Fabric, governance through AI Control Tower, and autonomous workflows that can act on behalf of users.
The announcement also introduces Context Engine, which ServiceNow describes as an enterprise context layer that connects relationships, policies, and decision history behind each AI agent decision. Alongside that, the company unveiled new Build Agent skills and a software development kit that allow developers to work from tools they already use and deploy directly to the ServiceNow AI Platform.
ServiceNow said this is meant to reduce the friction between development environments and enterprise execution, while keeping governance inside the same system. Enterprise Service Management Foundation and the new packaging model are available now, Build Agent skills will be available from April 15, and Context Engine is in preview with select customers.
Amit Zavery, president, chief product officer, and chief operating officer at ServiceNow, said: “Most organisations spend months assembling the pieces for enterprise AI.”
ServiceNow’s argument is that this assembly model has become too slow and too fragmented for enterprise use. The average enterprise runs hundreds of applications with separate data models, security perimeters, and governance logic, making sidecar AI difficult to scale responsibly. Instead, ServiceNow is placing AI as part of the product baseline, with context and execution built into the flow of work. The release also points to ServiceNow’s existing scale — 85 billion workflows and seven trillion transactions — as the operational base for grounding AI decisions in live enterprise context.
The combination of employee service, workflow automation, development tooling, and governance affects how quickly organisations can redesign internal service operations that eventually shape customer outcomes. ServiceNow also said customers will receive 100 free Build Agent calls, with 25 available in personal developer instances.
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