The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Agents (Agentic AI).
What to know about AI Agents
AI agents represent a transformative area within artificial intelligence, focusing on autonomous or semi-autonomous systems capable of performing complex tasks and making decisions to enhance business operations and personal productivity.
Our recent stories highlight how AI agents are rapidly evolving across sectors—from cybersecurity and data management to customer experience and enterprise automation. Companies are integrating AI agents to improve efficiency, drive innovation, and manage security risks in increasingly sophisticated ways.
By exploring these developments, readers can gain insights into the potential benefits, emerging applications, and challenges associated with AI agent deployment. Whether you're interested in how AI agents enhance software development, automate workflows, or secure enterprise environments, this tag offers a comprehensive look at this dynamic and impactful technology.
American AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Intezer launches custom AI agents for security teams
Security teams could cut repetitive case work as Intezer's beta lets them build AI agents for reports, handover notes and rule tuning.
Aligned raises USD $60 million in Series B funding
The funding gives the New York- and Tel Aviv-based group room to expand its AI deal workspace as buyers demand faster, simpler sales cycles.
iboss launches free AI discovery service for firms
Security teams can now map shadow AI use in hours, as the free tier shows prompts, users and risk across popular tools.
Neurologyca launches labs for human context intelligence
The new division aims to address a key weakness in AI tools that can complete tasks but still miss shifting human intent and trust in real time.
AppViewX launches global partner program for AI security
The move is aimed at helping resellers sell machine and agent identity tools as enterprises grapple with AI security and quantum-ready systems.
OpenMatter launches verifiable AI collaboration platform
Companies under pressure to govern AI and share sensitive data could use proof-based controls without replacing existing cloud systems.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Most firms hit by AI security incidents, study finds
SnapLogic launches MCP Builder for AI agent integration
Cognizant launches Neuro AI Trust for enterprise AI
Gartner warns agentic AI threatens $234bn SaaS spend
Google named Gartner Leader for Looker analytics again
Featured News
Agentic AI creates enterprise challenge beyond LLM boom
Enterprises face rising costs and governance gaps as thousands of AI agents begin operating alongside staff across multiple systems.
Visa strengthens AI defences amid new era of cyber threats
Visa is pouring billions into AI defences as regulators demand safer, auditable systems to counter faster cyber threats and fraud.
Marketers turn to AI as personalisation revolution arrives
Australian marketers are turning to agentic AI to keep pace with fragmented customer journeys and rising demand for personalised content.
The new workforce: AI agents to work in concert with humans
AI agents are set to reshape hiring and team structures, pushing firms towards global talent pools and outcome-based work.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Data storage gets profitable as Exaba targets US expansion
Exaba's local cloud storage pitch could give US managed services providers higher margins as it challenges AWS and Azure in a crowded market.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
How the 'human hour' mentality influences the future of tech
AI pilots are faltering where firms still judge success by hours saved, leaving customer value and workforce design unresolved.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Marvell targets AI connectivity bottleneck with NVIDIA boost
AI data centres are hitting copper limits, pushing Marvell and Nvidia towards optics as clusters grow larger and more distributed.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Exclusive: Denodo's Dominic Sartorio on perfect data vs the right data
Trust in enterprise AI is being undermined as Denodo research finds most firms still lack live, context-aware data for production use.
Google Cloud CEO sets out enterprise AI agent plan
Enterprises will get one place to build, govern and run AI agents, as Google Cloud expands Gemini Enterprise across models, data and security.
Google flags urgency as AI reshapes cyber threats
Patching delays now carry greater risk as Google says AI is helping attackers scale intrusions, speed up breaches and automate operations.
Exclusive: Google Cloud reshaping finance with agentic AI
Banks must move beyond isolated pilots if they want agentic AI to deliver enterprise-wide gains, Google Cloud says.
Exclusive: Google Cloud accelerates shift to agentic data
Enterprises may soon design data systems for AI agents rather than staff, as Google Cloud adds real-time context, automation and cross-cloud access.
Exclusive: Google sees success with niche AI playbooks
Enterprises are under pressure to prove AI returns as Google pushes reusable, sector-specific playbooks into production across 19 industries.
Google sees retail success with agentic commerce push
Retailers are using Google’s new AI suite to speed up shopping and support, with Bunnings already live and UCP adoption starting to grow.
Netskope's Tony Burnside - visibility is key to AI security
AI tools are creating hidden east-west traffic that security teams struggle to monitor, raising the risk of data leakage and compromise.
Exclusive: Celonis global banking head says AI rollout hinges on process intelligence
Banks risk wasting AI spending unless they first map how work really flows, as Celonis says process intelligence is becoming phase zero.
Expert Columns
A strategic blueprint for governing AI-enabled software development
The replacement story is sabotaging government's AI rollout
When Agents act on bad data, the damage is automatic
What makes a cybersecurity AI partnership worth paying attention to?
As agentic development accelerates, workflow auditability becomes a bottleneck
Data value chain seen as next step for enterprises
6 Proven Use Cases of Email Verification Across Industries
The next phase of AI in marketing is not just more automation
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
Why data governance is a core IT responsibility in the AI era
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
Nvidia robotics engineer Singh touts open source stack
Open source access could help robotics developers keep Nvidia-based systems adaptable as standards shift and projects move towards deployment.
Google Cloud expands Spanner for AI & multi-model data
Businesses can now run transactional, graph and vector workloads together as Google broadens Spanner for AI applications across clouds and on-premises.
Skyhawk AI Red Team seizes AWS organisation in seconds
A financial services cloud was taken over in seconds in a test, highlighting how approved permissions can still let attackers reach full AWS control.
Shield adds AI agents to AmplifAI compliance suite
False positives and language gaps in surveillance are now a bigger burden for financial compliance teams as alert volumes keep rising.
Straiker raises USD $64 million to secure AI agents
Enterprise customers face growing risks as autonomous software gains access to internal systems, prompting fresh demand for agent security tools.
Gimlet Labs joins MLCommons to shape agentic inference
The partnership could shape how buyers compare AI hardware as agentic workloads demand more realistic, vendor-agnostic performance tests.
The replacement story is sabotaging government's AI rollout
Human judgment is already being squeezed out of public-sector AI use, raising the risk of bland decisions that miss crises and erode trust.
Neurologyca opens early access to Human Context AI
The selective rollout targets AI developers needing systems that adapt as users' confidence, intent and attention shift during interactions.
EisnerAmper adopts Caseware audit suite across practice
More than 1,100 assurance staff will use a single cloud audit platform as the firm pushes standardisation and AI-ready workflows.
Internal AI systems emerge as top breach risk: report
Security teams are struggling to spot intrusions until after data is stolen, with 85% of leaders reporting AI-linked incidents or near misses.
The CFO as Chief Attention Officer: Why finance is quietly taking control of AI, media, and growth narratives
As AI spend surges, finance is being asked to prove which bets earn attention, revenue and growth, not just efficiency.
BlackLine adds governance controls to AI finance platform
Finance chiefs are being offered tighter oversight as BlackLine opens a preview of controls for AI-driven work across finance systems.
Tetrate releases Envoy AI Gateway 1.0 for AI traffic
Production users can now route generative AI requests through a stable open source gateway, with Bloomberg already running it and Nutanix adopting it.
Cargofy raises USD $11 million for AI freight agents
Logistics firms could cut staffing and operating costs as the startup uses the new funding to expand AI agents into billing, compliance and dispatch.
Intezer launches MCP server for security AI agents
The new server lets security teams feed Claude and Codex with case history and triage logic, reducing manual alert handling.
IT teams spend 53% of time on endpoint maintenance
Fragmented tools and patching delays are costing IT teams USD $133,000 a year in labour, according to new research.
G2 launches buyer intent tools across six platforms
Go-to-market teams can now surface buyer signals inside chatbots, CRMs and analytics software, making outreach more targeted and timely.
AWS adds OpenLegacy to mainframe modernisation tool
Enterprises can now migrate mainframe workloads to AWS in stages, with OpenLegacy keeping old and new systems connected during the transition.
Workspot launches Guide for AI workflow automation
Businesses could cut manual data entry and compliance work as Workspot's GUIDE uses AI agents inside virtual desktops to automate desktop and web tasks.
Coinbase expands trading, AI & payments in broad push
Customers outside the US will soon get tokenised stocks as Coinbase widens access to equities, AI tools and crypto-backed finance.
Job Moves
Constant AI promotes Lisa Cote to Chief Financial Officer
Opaque hires Microsoft veteran as Chief Platform Officer
Geordie appoints Courtney Broadwell as Channel Chief
Virtana names Daniel Raskin as Chief Marketing Officer
Alation appoints Rick Baker as Chief Operating Officer
Agentic AI foundation names David Nalley as Board Chair
Simbian appoints John Schmitz to drive global AI sales growth
