Box gets even smarter with Azure OpenAI Service integration
In an effort to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities, cloud storage provider Box has announced an integration with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service.
The new partnership will enable Box to use advanced and industry-leading large language models (LLMs), which the company hopes will boost Box AI while maintaining security, privacy and compliance standards.
After all, the collaboration between two rival cloud storage providers isn’t that unlikely, as the two companies share a decade-long history of working together.
Box AI gets Azure OpenAI Service integration
“Now, in this new era of AI, we are once again expanding our partnership (with Microsoft) to bring AI to businesses without compromising data security, privacy, compliance and governance,” said Ben Kus, CTO of Box.
The company’s announcement details how Box AI is built on a platform-neutral framework, allowing it to connect to a variety of LLMs, including those available through Azure OpenAI Service.
John Montgomery, Corporate VP for AI Platform at Microsoft, added: “This collaboration underlines our shared commitment to delivering advanced, secure and trusted solutions for enterprises, helping them unlock the full potential of their content.”
Now generally available, Box AI promises to provide insights and summaries to financial services firms, insurance and law firms, and government agencies, among others. The company has 115,000 business customers, many of whom already use the AI tool.
In addition to the Azure OpenAI Service integration, Box also highlighted its existing integrations with popular Microsoft 365 apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. Future integration between Boc and Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 is also planned, starting with Teams.
Box AI, including the recently announced Azure OpenAI Service integration, is now included in Enterprise Plus plans. Individual users have access to 20 searches per month, while an additional 2,000 searches are available at the enterprise level.