The pace of change in automation has never been faster — and the pressure to get it right has never been higher. Organizations aren’t just looking to automate more; they’re looking to automate smarter, with AI that earns its place in mission-critical processes. They want intelligence without sacrificing accountability, and flexibility without losing control. That’s the tension Nintex is focused on resolving.  

The Q2 2026 New at Nintex webinar is where that work comes into view across new releases in Nintex Automation CE, meaningful updates to Nintex Apps, and a landmark release for K2 that brings built-in AI to on-premises environments for the first time. 

So what’s new at Nintex for Q2, 2026? 

The platform vision: Agentic business orchestration 

Before diving into the specifics, it’s worth revisiting why we’re building the way we are. The term “agentic business orchestration” has been part of the Nintex conversation for about nine months now and remains our architectural and strategic direction. 

At its core, agentic business orchestration is about uniting humans, systems, data, and AI agents in a single platform that can execute the strategic automation your organization needs. The platform vision rests on three pillars: 

• Process understanding: Defining, mapping, and managing the processes that drive your organization 

• Orchestration: Executing those processes — whether through traditional deterministic workflows, AI agents, or a blend of both 

• Experience: Delivering the interfaces and interactions that employees and customers find usable, helpful, and valuable 

The goal is to blend deterministic execution (the structured, rules-based workflows Nintex has always excelled at) with probabilistic, agent-driven AI. We don’t consider these competing approaches, but complementary tools that work together inside the same platform for control and intelligence, not one or the other. 

What’s new in Nintex Automation CE 

Orchestration and AI agents (in open beta) 

Together, these capabilities represent a meaningful leap beyond traditional linear workflow toward true agentic business orchestration.  

Nintex Orchestration moves away from the rigid, start-to-finish workflow model. With a modular, phase-based approach, your processes can move forward, jump back, and repeat steps as real-world conditions demand, without starting over from scratch. The result is automation that’s more resilient, easier to change, and more reflective of how work really happens. 

Nintex Agent Designer brings intelligent agents directly into that orchestration layer. Agents can interpret unstructured data, handle nuanced decisions, and adapt as conditions evolve throughout a process. And critically — because Nintex customers have been clear about needing this — humans stay in the loop. If an agent encounters a decision that needs more context, it can escalate, ask for clarification, or bring a person into the process. It’s intelligent where it needs to be, and accountable where it has to be. 

Both capabilities are now in open beta and available to all Nintex Automation CE and Nintex Workflow customers. Customers: You should see them in the left navigation of your platform. GA release (Professional tier and above) is planned for later this year. 

Coming soon: A unified CE platform and Solutions 

Two major announcements are on the horizon for Nintex Automation CE. 

A unified CE platform: All Nintex products — including Apps, Process Manager, and more — will be surfaced directly in the CE platform navigation. No more opening separate windows or toggling between tools: One platform, one experience. 

Solutions with ALM support: A new solutions framework is coming! It will let you build a complete, orchestrated use case, including all assets, products, and capabilities, inside a single, contained space. Application lifecycle management (ALM) support will make it dramatically easier to develop, deploy, and manage those solutions at scale. Stay tuned for futher details in a future New at Nintex webinar.  

What’s new in Nintex Apps 

AI actions 

Nintex Apps now includes AI actions — prebuilt, no-expertise-required capabilities that plug directly into your existing flows. Out of the box, you can: 

• Detect and translate language: Break down language barriers in customer feedback, service responses, and more, so your whole team can act on every request 

• Summarize text: Surface what matters fastest, so employees can respond before issues escalate 

• Analyze sentiment: Identify positive and negative signals automatically, helping you prioritize and escalate the conversations that need attention most 

These actions work within the flows you’re already building. Best of all? No AI background required to use them.  

Signatures in Nintex Documents 

Document automation just got a lot more complete. Nintex Documents now includes native signature support — a built-in, lightweight e-signature capability that takes the document experience from generation all the way through signing, entirely within the platform. 

With this release, you can: 

• Build document packages from Word templates 

• Configure up to five sequential, dynamically assigned signers 

• Add signature fields and trigger sending directly through workflow 

• Track envelope status and download completed documents along with a completion report 

It’s end-to-end document automation — from first draft to final signature — without leaving the Nintex platform. 

What’s new in Nintex Automation K2 

K2 5.9.1: Built-in AI, simplified identity, and better governance 

The 5.9.1 release is a landmark moment for K2 and Nintex customers who run mission-critical processes in on-premises or private cloud environments. Here’s some of what’s new: 

A built-in, locally hosted AI engine: For the first time, K2 ships with AI capabilities that run entirely within your environment. That means no external API calls, no cloud dependency, and no data leaving your infrastructure. Out of the box, you get sentiment analysis and severity scoring via AI-powered decisions available directly in Smart Forms and workflows. For organizations that have been AI-curious but cautious due to data sensitivity or compliance constraints, K2 now provides an easy, accessible on-ramp. 

Simplified identity provider setup: Configuring identity in K2 used to require significant developer involvement. But with 5.9.1, onboarding any OIDC-compatible identity provider has been reduced to a guided, admin-friendly configuration process — completing in seconds what previously took much longer. Built-in sync scheduling keeps user data current automatically. 

SCIM endpoint support: System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) endpoints can now be enabled directly through the management interface, allowing identity changes made on the provider side to sync into K2 efficiently and consistently. The sync engine is now surfaced in management, includes a run history view, and no longer requires a separate installer. 

What’s coming next for K2 

The K2 roadmap continues to invest in three key areas: 

• AI: We’re expanding native AI actions across the platform and making it easier to connect to external models via Smart Objects 

• User experience: Expect to see new and improved user controls, SharePoint-imported tools, Smart Object enhancements, and ongoing accessibility compliance improvements 

• Manageability: Our continued investment in security, connectivity, identity frameworks, and platform configuration will continue making K2 easier to install, maintain, and scale in closed environments 

The bigger picture 

Every capability announced this quarter points back to our customers’ need to automate complex, high-stakes processes with confidence. Not just to automate for automation’s sake, but to do it in a way that’s explainable, auditable, and repeatable, whether you’re running in the cloud or on-premises. 

Agentic business orchestration is how Nintex is meeting that need: combining the structure and reliability of deterministic workflows with the adaptability of AI, all within a single platform built around governance, trust, and simplicity. 

See it all in action 

The Q2 2026 New at Nintex webinar, hosted by Suvrat Joshi, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Design, and Emily Thornhill, Senior Manager of Product Marketing, walks through live demonstrations of every capability above and previews what’s coming next. Whether you’re a current customer looking to get more out of the platform or exploring what Nintex can do for your organization, it’s 26 minutes well spent. 

Watch the Q2 2026 New at Nintex recording 

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