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
Businesses boost AI spending as governance lags behind
Yet fewer than half now have an AI governance policy, as businesses pour more money into transformation projects and agentic AI.
Intezer triples revenue as enterprises adopt AI security
Large enterprises are moving AI security operations into production, helping the New York-based cyber security company post a tripling of first-half revenue.
Use.ai tops one million users with multi-model app
The milestone points to demand for keeping chat history and preferences intact as people switch among rival AI models.
Snyk Evo lifts deals as AI agent security demand surges
Enterprise buyers are spending more to secure AI agents, with Snyk saying Evo now drives 60% of new deals and larger contracts.
Comp AI raises USD $34 million to boost cybersecurity
The funding will help Comp AI expand into continuous monitoring and security testing as software firms face stronger pressure on controls.
Comp AI raises USD $34 million in Series A funding
The new capital will help the Miami-based firm expand beyond audit readiness as demand grows for continuous security checks across regulated industries.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Boomi named Gartner leader in API management for AI
Exabeam adds AI tools for agentic security operations
Komodor launches agentic operations platform for SRE
Boomi named leader in Forrester adaptive orchestration
Omnissa appoints Amit Singh as Chief Executive Officer
Featured News
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
Zscaler takes zero trust beyond the corporate network
Critical infrastructure operators are using cellular links to secure distributed assets as outages and spoofing raise the stakes for resilience.
AI transforming B2B discovery - but human trust endures
AI is changing how B2B buyers make decisions - but an expert warns that it is not a substitute for effective human comms strategies.
Databricks AI helping telcos prevent churn, predict fraud
By linking customer, network and operational data, telcos can spot churn and fraud sooner, while also speeding service and support decisions.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
CrowdStrike report: AI is rewriting rules of cybersecurity
Organisations now have just 48 hours to patch most flaws, as AI helps attackers weaponise vulnerabilities far faster than before.
Grafana Labs launches six AI tools for telemetry & agents
Grafana Labs has launched six AI observability tools during its AI Week, including new capabilities for monitoring and investigating AI agents.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Agentic rollout creates new identity security challenge
Poor governance is leaving many AI agents stuck out of production, while those that run can expose firms to legal and security risks.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Expert Columns
The next eCommerce interface may not be a screen
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Stop saying AI hacked the system
The FDE bubble: Silicon Valley's most expensive game of pretend
The autonomous SOC takeover
How security leaders should measure AI SOC performance
Three Industries, One Common Challenge: Getting Data Right Before MDM
AI closes vulnerability window as zero-day exploits surge
The shutdown cycle: what crypto firms' H1 2026 earnings actually show
The hidden security risk in document redaction
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents for work
The new service lets users delegate ongoing work to persistent agents that can act across apps, raising fresh privacy and control questions.
Manufacturers back MCP-linked AI for productivity gains
Connected product data is now seen as the key to productivity gains, with manufacturers citing faster decisions, development and launches.
DataCebo launches SDV 2.0 for synthetic enterprise data
Keeping customer and transaction data in-house, the software aims to cut the need for copied databases as firms train AI models.
IBM Bob gains self-hosted deployment for enterprise AI
The option lets regulated firms keep source code and sensitive data inside their own infrastructure while using AI for software development.
LocalStack acquires WonderTwin AI to boost local testing
Teams testing software integrations could soon avoid live APIs and shared sandboxes, as LocalStack adds WonderTwin AI's application emulators.
Intezer revenue triples as enterprise AI security expands
Enterprise buyers are moving AI security tools into live operations as staffing shortages and alert overload push automation deeper into the SOC.
Gainsight links Salesforce Agentforce & Slack to data
Sales and customer success teams can now see renewal risks and expansion signals in Slack and Salesforce without switching systems.
Arteris launches FlexGen Multi-Die for AI chiplets
AI chipmakers can cut die-to-die link area, power and I/O by up to 50% as multi-die designs become harder to scale.
CMOs and CIOs clash over who should own AI decisions
Governance gaps may slow AI deployment as marketing and IT disagree over who controls shared content and platform decisions.
MWC27 Barcelona to add new automotive, health zones
Attendees will see connectivity pushed into new sectors as dedicated automotive, health and aviation zones join the Barcelona show in 2027.
KPMG survey finds AI shift to governance & security
As AI budgets rise to USD $210 million, firms are tightening oversight on security, governance and returns to keep deployments under control.
Emergent expands MongoDB partnership for enterprise AI apps
The move lets larger customers keep AI-built apps inside their own MongoDB Atlas environments, easing deployment and governance concerns.
Intel, Atsign boost secure agentic AI for transport
Encrypted data exchanges in smart transport can now run far faster on Intel chips, easing a key barrier to edge AI deployment.
NETSCOUT adds MCP links to Omnis AI Insights platform suite
The upgrade gives IT teams direct access to curated network evidence in AI tools, helping cut token use while improving incident checks.
MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for AI production
Enterprises struggling to move AI pilots into live systems now have a single layer for memory, governance and execution across models and clouds.
Moca Chain launches mainnet for digital identity & AI
It aims to cut repeated verification checks and let businesses trust AI agents without collecting the same personal documents from users each time.
KnowBe4 adds browser extension to curb shadow AI use
The browser add-on gives security teams real-time ways to warn or block staff from sending company data to unsanctioned AI tools.
Alibaba Cloud expands global footprint with new AI tools
The move brings computing closer to customers as firms race to localise AI workloads and meet regional data rules.
Alibaba unveils full-stack AI push with new Qwen chips
The new processor and Qwen model updates underscore Alibaba's bid to meet surging demand for AI training, inference and cloud services.
Dataiku launches cross-platform AI agent management tool
It aims to close a governance gap as firms struggle to track AI agents across multiple cloud and software platforms and assess their risks.
Job Moves
Freehand names Krshna Prashant as first US Marketing Lead
Manifold Security appoints Joe Sullivan to its board
Aerospike names Don Dama as Chief Executive Officer
Forcepoint appoints Vincent Merlin as Marketing Chief
Diversified launches global managed services practice
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Constant AI promotes Lisa Cote to Chief Financial Officer
Geordie appoints Courtney Broadwell as Channel Chief
