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Extreme Networks Released AI-Driven Agent Tool

The company launched an AI assistant in September 2026 to automate network management workflows.

Updated on Sept. 29, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence

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Extreme Networks launched its Agent ONE Coworker assistant in September 2026, an AI tool designed to automate configuration and remediation for corporate network infrastructure. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Extreme Networks released the Agent ONE Coworker assistant in September 2026, building upon its Extreme Platform ONE software that became generally available in summer 2025. This suite utilizes AI for unified network management, security, and automation.

Why it matters

By integrating AI into its core architecture rather than as an add-on, Extreme Networks aims to increase operational agility against larger networking competitors. The company is currently executing a strategy to transition its customer base toward fully automated AI-driven workflows.

Extreme Platform ONE integrates AI-driven automation to replace manual network configuration tasks. While 10 percent of customers utilized the platform at the end of 2025, the company projects that over 50 percent of its user base will adopt it by the end of 2026.

The players

Extreme Networks

A networking technology company specializing in cloud-driven infrastructure and AI-managed hardware.

The details

The Agent ONE Coworker assistant functions by accessing network context, which is the historical and real-time state data of connected hardware, to identify configuration issues and recommend remediation steps. This agentic AI, a type of software that acts autonomously to achieve a goal, serves as an extension of the Extreme Platform ONE architecture designed to unify security and automation across the network stack.

Timeline

  1. Summer 2025: Extreme Platform ONE became generally available.

  2. End of 2025: Ten percent of customers used the platform.

  3. September 2026: Extreme Networks released the Agent ONE Coworker assistant.

  4. End of 2026: Expected platform adoption of over 50 percent.

The Tech Race

The introduction of Agent ONE Coworker reflects a broader shift toward agentic AI in enterprise infrastructure management. Extreme Networks aims to differentiate its stack from legacy competitors by embedding AI as a foundational element of the network control plane.

Network administrators can now utilize the Agent ONE Coworker to reduce manual troubleshooting time for common infrastructure incidents. The platform requires organizations to be running the Extreme Platform ONE suite to gain access to these automated diagnostic capabilities.

The takeaway

Extreme Networks is banking on the shift toward agentic AI to capture more market share by the end of 2026. Watch the company’s customer adoption metrics at the close of 2026 to see if the firm hits its target of 50 percent penetration for its AI platform.

Further reading

For broader trends in network automation, see the Artificial Intelligence section.

Source note: This article includes information reported by CRN.

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