Rocket Software buys Geniez AI to bring more AI agents into mainframe operations

Rocket Software is adding specialists in AI agents that work directly on mainframes, aiming to make complex core systems easier to manage and modernize. The company announced on October 13, 2026, that it had acquired Geniez AI, bringing its technical leadership and team into Rocket to accelerate development of AI-assisted operations.

The purchase combines Geniez AI’s specialized technology and personnel with Rocket’s mainframe expertise, customer base and modernization software. Rocket says the acquired team will contribute to new capabilities within Rocket EVA, its agentic AI platform for core systems. Here, agentic AI means software designed to carry out workflows, rather than only return information.

Agents that work on live mainframes

According to the acquisition announcement, Geniez AI develops agents that operate directly on mainframes to support the professionals responsible for them. Their stated functions cover monitoring live systems, diagnosing incidents and executing workflows through natural-language instructions. That gives Rocket expertise spanning observation, investigation and action within the same computing environment.

Rocket’s intended use extends beyond making those systems easier to understand. It says the combined expertise will help customers apply agents that surface insights, support action and automate mission-critical workflows. The company places governance and control alongside those functions, framing operational assistance and automation as parts of the same modernization strategy.

These are development goals for the acquisition, not an announcement that new EVA capabilities are available. Rocket identifies faster work on its AI roadmap as an expected benefit. It also says Geniez AI brings frontline insight into how enterprises evaluate and adopt AI on mainframes, which it intends to use to focus that development.

By bringing Geniez AI’s specialized expertise into Rocket, we are accelerating our vision to help enterprises securely apply agentic AI to their systems with speed, confidence, and control.

Milan Shetti, president and CEO of Rocket Software

Turning institutional knowledge into operational help

Rocket presents the acquisition partly as a response to the mainframe skills gap. Its stated objective is to turn institutional knowledge into actionable intelligence, making complex systems more accessible to both experienced teams and newer talent. The announcement describes Geniez AI’s agents as augmenting mainframe professionals, rather than positioning the purchase as a replacement for those teams.

A larger route to enterprise customers

For Geniez AI, the transaction also offers a larger base from which to deliver its technology. CEO and co-founder Gil Peleg said joining Rocket provides scale, customer reach and deep mainframe expertise. He described those resources as a way to bring Geniez AI’s approach to more organizations operating mission-critical systems.

Rocket says it serves more than 13,500 customers, works with 850 partners and has more than 3,000 employees globally. Its existing modernization business spans core systems through to the cloud. That footprint is the distribution and support context behind Peleg’s emphasis on reach, alongside the specialized engineering talent moving in the other direction.