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S&P Global Expands Microsoft 365 Copilot Integration
S&P Global announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to integrate S&P Global’s AI-ready data, insights and analytics into Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows and agentic experiences. The integration is enabled by the S&P Global AI Data Portal’s Deterministic Retrieval solution (referred to as the Kensho LLM-ready API) and includes connectors such as a Copilot in Excel connector and a plugin for Copilot Cowork. S&P Global said the integration will allow customers to run company research, financial analysis, transcript intelligence, peer benchmarking and competitive analysis within Microsoft 365 while preserving context, source attribution and traceability.
Integration brings trusted, traceable S&P Global data into Microsoft 365 Copilot (a major productivity/LLM platform), enabling enterprise AI workflows and affecting data providers, financial services workflows, and enterprise AI adoption.
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- S&P Global announced an expanded collaboration with Microsoft to integrate S&P Global AI-ready data, insights and analytics into Microsoft 365 Copilot workflows and agentic experiences.
- The integration is enabled by the S&P Global AI Data Portal’s Deterministic Retrieval solution (also called the Kensho LLM-ready API).
- The expanded collaboration includes a Copilot in Excel connector for analyst workflows and a plugin for agentic experiences in Copilot Cowork.
- Use cases called out include company research, financial analysis, transcript intelligence, peer benchmarking and competitive analysis accessible inside Microsoft 365.
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Copilot Cowork: AI Handles Microsoft 365 Tasks
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