Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is expanding the use of its global corporate data system in artificial intelligence-based solutions: in September, the company announced the integration of D&B Commercial Graph with Microsoft and IBM AI platforms.
On September 16, D&B announced new integrations via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales AI agents. They make it possible to use verified information about legal entities, ownership structures, corporate relationships and risks directly in automated workflows.
As early as September 17, the company announced that D&B Commercial Graph had also become available in the IBM watsonx Orchestrate agent catalog via MCP.
The integration enables corporate AI systems to obtain verified business context while performing tasks in finance, credit analysis, compliance, procurement, sales, marketing and corporate data management.
A key element of the system remains the D-U-N-S Number — a unique nine-digit identifier for a legal entity that allows AI systems to unambiguously identify a company and link information about it from different sources.
Earlier in 2026, Dun & Bradstreet also announced the integration of its business data with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude and Gemini-based solutions. In particular, D&B’s cooperation with OpenAI makes it possible to use D&B Commercial Graph in ChatGPT and Codex via MCP for financial and analytical tasks.
“Artificial intelligence is moving very quickly from search and text generation to real corporate decisions — counterparty verification, supplier assessment, credit analysis or compliance. In such a model, it is critically important what specific data AI uses to make or recommend decisions,” said Maksym Urakin, Director of Development and Marketing at Interfax-Ukraine, Head of the D&B-Interfax-Ukraine business unit, and PhD in Economics.
According to him, publicly available information from the internet is insufficient for critically important business decisions.
“AI can process information very quickly, but speed alone does not guarantee its reliability. If the system has incorrectly identified a legal entity, failed to identify the parent company, beneficiary or a change in the ownership structure, automation will only accelerate the error. That is why verified corporate data are becoming the foundation of corporate AI,” Urakin emphasized.
Dun & Bradstreet reports that its global information infrastructure covers more than 600 million public and private companies in more than 200 countries.
For Ukrainian companies, the development of such technologies means that international business identification and the quality of corporate data will become even more important. Whereas previously information about a company was mainly checked by an employee of a bank, investor or procurement department, in the future part of such verification will increasingly be carried out by automated AI systems.
Discrepancies in a company’s English-language name, address, information about management or owners may, in such a situation, affect not only the speed of manual due diligence, but also the results of automated analysis.
“Ukrainian business must prepare for an environment in which it will increasingly be checked not by a person, but by an algorithm. For this, the corporate profile must be unambiguous, up to date and suitable for machine identification. The D-U-N-S Number and D&B’s global business data are effectively becoming one of the instruments of such digital trust,” Urakin added.
Dun & Bradstreet is an international provider of business data and analytical solutions whose history began in 1841. The company provides tools for business identification, counterparty verification, credit and commercial risk assessment, compliance, supply chain management and working with corporate data.
The official representative of Dun & Bradstreet in Ukraine is the Interfax-Ukraine news agency. The specialized D&B-Interfax-Ukraine unit helps Ukrainian companies work with international business data, verify foreign partners and obtain a D-U-N-S Number.
Questions can be submitted through the specialized D&B resource — dnb.ua, by email at Urakin@interfax.kyiv.ua, or by phone at +38 (044) 270-65-74.
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At the end of the second half of 2025, Ukraine ranked 111th out of 147 economies in the AI diffusion ranking prepared by Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute. According to the report, Ukraine’s AI Diffusion index for the second half of 2025 was 9.0%, compared to 9.1% in the first half of the year (a change of -0.1 p.p.).
For comparison, the index is significantly higher in a number of countries in the region: Poland – 28.5%, Romania – 16.2%, Moldova – 17.0% (H2 2025). At the bottom of the list, next to Ukraine, are Belarus (8.4%) and Russia (8.0%, 119th place).
The research methodology describes the indicator as an estimate of the share of the working-age population actively using AI tools, based on anonymized Microsoft telemetry and adjustments for device access; the authors also note a strong link between the spread of AI and the level of economic development.
The top ten in the ranking include the UAE (64.0%), Singapore (60.9%), Norway (46.4%), Ireland (44.6%), France (44.0%), Spain (41.8%), New Zealand (40.5%), the Netherlands (38.9%), the United Kingdom (38.9%), and Qatar (38.3%).
The bottom ten include Laos (6.7%), Armenia (6.6%), Sri Lanka (6.6%), Uzbekistan (6.3%), Rwanda (6.3%), Cuba (6.1%), Afghanistan (5.6%), Tajikistan (5.6%), Turkmenistan (5.6%), and Cambodia (5.1%).
Microsoft will provide Ukrainian critical infrastructure and other state-critical sectors with $100 million in technology assistance by the end of 2023, company Vice President Brad Smith said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister – Head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs Mikhail Fedorov on Thursday.
“With technical assistance, government agencies, critical infrastructure and other sectors in Ukraine will continue to use digital infrastructure and work in the Microsoft cloud for free. The company will also help with the curation and implementation of Ukraine’s digital sectors, such as cyber, judiciary, customs, medicine and education,” the company said in a statement to the Ministry of Digital in its Telegram channel.
Fedorov noted that Microsoft was one of the first companies to suspend all new sales of products and services in Russia back in early March.
“During this time, Ukraine has received more than $400 million in support. In addition to free services, Microsoft supports Ukraine in the field of cyber, donates to humanitarian aid and cooperates with the Ukrainian government to document the war crimes of Russian invaders,” the deputy prime minister said.
Microsoft will provide Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and other state-important sectors with $100 million in technological assistance by the end of 2023, Microsoft Vice President Brad Smith said during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Fedorov on Thursday.
“Thanks to technical assistance, government agencies, critical infrastructure and other sectors in Ukraine will continue to use digital infrastructure for free and work in the Microsoft cloud. The company will also help with the curation and implementation of Ukraine’s digital sectors, such as cyber, litigation, customs, medicine and education,” according to the message of the Ministry of Digital Development in the Telegram channel.
Fedorov noted that Microsoft was one of the first companies to suspend all new sales of products and services in Russia in early March.
“During this time, Ukraine has received more than $400 million in support. In addition to free services, Microsoft supports Ukraine in the field of cyber, donates humanitarian aid and cooperates with the Ukrainian government to document the war crimes of the Russian invaders,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
More than 45,000 Ukrainians since June 2020 have completed online training on the Microsoft platform to develop digital skills Microsoft Learn, ranking first with the highest indicator in Central and Eastern Europe, the press service of Microsoft in Ukraine said. The company notes that Microsoft Learn provides free training to improve digital skills, team productivity, and modernize the workplace by leveraging the power of the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), Azure services, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics, and others.
Among the professions taught on the platform are software developer, sales representative, project manager, IT administrator, account manager, digital marketer, support employee, data analyst, financial analyst, graphic designer.
“Training allows specialists to gain experience and skills necessary for career growth or undergo retraining. After completing the course, a graduate can sign up for an exam and receive an international certificate,” Microsoft said.
Microsoft partnered with GitHub and LinkedIn in June 2020 to launch a global digital skills campaign to help people who have lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis, as well as professionals looking to gain digital skills for digital jobs.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and Microsoft Corporation (the United States) have agreed to cooperate in implementing the Azure Expansion Program in Ukraine, which provides for the creation of hyperscale cloud services.
“Today, the digital economy in Ukraine is developing before your eyes. We are grateful to Microsoft for showing special attention to our market, for choosing our country. One of the priority goals of our ministry is to digitize 100% of public services in two and a half years. And this cannot be done if there is no data center in which this data will be stored in our country. In fact, Microsoft may become the first large-scale project that will help us realize our ambitious goal,” Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said during a briefing in Kyiv on Friday.
The Azure Expansion Program digital transformation program will facilitate the implementation of cloud-based innovations for various commercial, government agencies and enterprises, as well as the government of Ukraine.
Microsoft also intends to provide technology support to help demonstrate the use of the Azure Cloud.
According to Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Yulia Kovaliv, educational programs in Ukraine will also be developed in partnership with Microsoft.
