# Granite 4.2 brings native reasoning to enterprise agents

DevFeed: [Granite 4.2 brings native reasoning to enterprise agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/granite-4-2-brings-native-reasoning-to-enterprise-agents-17340.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.ibm.com/blog/introducing-granite-4-2>)

Author: Mike Murphy; Kim Martineau

Published: 2026-08-25T15:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [IBM Research](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ibm-research.md>)

Topics: [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/loop-engineering.md>), [Reinforcement learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reinforcement-learning.md>), [foundation-models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/foundation-models.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [fine-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fine-tuning.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ibm.md>), [large-language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-language-models.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [reinforcement-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

IBM is releasing Granite 4.2 language models in 3B, 8B, and 30B sizes for enterprise agentic workflows. The models provide native reasoning, tool calling, instruction following, coding support, and deployment across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. They are released under the Apache 2.0 license and trained with a multi-stage reinforcement learning process.

## Source excerpt

IBM's new open Granite models are designed for agentic AI, combining reasoning, tool use, coding, instruction following, and speech capabilities.