The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated Indian 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.
Indian AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Securonix launches behavioural analytics for AI agents
It is aimed at security teams facing a rising attack surface from enterprise AI agents, where legitimate actions can mask compromise or misuse.
Kore.ai launches Autoloop to optimise enterprise agents
The new tool aims to curb agent failures and costly manual fixes as 79% of enterprises report reversing AI actions in Kore.ai's survey.
CoreWeave enters India with 240 MW Navi Mumbai data centre
The US cloud group is deepening its Asia push, with the Navi Mumbai site set to become a major base for AI workloads from mid-2028.
Trinetra Labs launches BlueHands.ai for small businesses
Small firms could gain cheaper access to websites and automation as Trinetra Labs bundles AI builders, experts and a marketplace into BlueHands.ai.
India leads in passkeys, but phishing & deepfakes rise
Despite leading on passkeys and MFA, Indian firms still face widespread AI phishing and deepfake scams that are undermining daily security practice.
Protectt.ai launches AI security platform for banks
Banks face a bigger security gap between reviews and rapid software releases, as Protectt.ai's platform tests each build before it reaches customers.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Nol8 launches AI data plane for enterprise controls
Zendesk launches outcome AI platform with new pricing
Four Steps CISOs Can Take To Secure AI-driven Software Development
Boomi named Gartner Visionary for AI agent platform
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Featured News
Adobe CTO on plans for AI agents to access Adobe tools
Customers could soon use ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude inside Adobe's creative apps, with some file-editing tools due in a private beta in early 2027.
Adobe plans MCP access for AI agents to desktop apps
Creative Cloud users may soon let outside AI agents drive Adobe apps for tasks such as rotoscoping and image hole filling, starting on desktop.
Oracle Fusion AI: Autonomy is earned, one outcome at a time
Oracle's Kaushal Kurapati says the pace of AI development is surpising even to those driving it.
Oracle's racers: AI removes the grind, increases focus
Oracle Red Bull Racing and SailGP provide insights into AI's relentless incursion into the world of human performance.
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.
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.
Interview: Cloudera bets on hybrid AI growth in JAPAC
Banks and large enterprises in Asia-Pacific are rethinking cloud-first AI plans as costs, sovereignty and regulation favour hybrid deployments.
Exclusive: DCB Bank balances AI speed with banking risk
Human oversight will stay in place for DCB Bank's highest-risk AI decisions as the lender pushes automation to speed up SME services.
Open source is powering the next generation of frontier AI
Rising inference demand and custom hardware needs are pushing AI infrastructure beyond standard cloud setups, boosting open source tools.
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.
Customers at the centre of Adobe's new AI evangelist role
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
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.
Expert Columns
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Securing the AI Systems of Tomorrow
2027 Predictions: The race to AI readiness exposes true cost of effective enterprise data management
Predictions 2027: Why the future of work is 'AI and human' adjacent
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Security Learnings from the Open Source Front Line
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
ArmourCode releases hooks tool to block Claude Code risk
The open-source guardrail aims to stop coding agents from deleting files, wiping changes or altering safety settings before commands hit the shell.
Google expands Knowledge Catalog with semantic models
The update should help enterprises curb wrong AI-generated metrics by linking rival definitions from multiple data tools in one governance graph.
Celonis wins Microsoft 2026 Global ISV Partner award
The award highlights how partners are tying Microsoft's AI tools to measurable business gains, as Celonis joins the group's top winners worldwide.
Caseware launches engagement review agent for auditors
The tool is designed to save auditors three to four hours per engagement by spotting missing items and inconsistencies in workpapers and statements.
Thomson Reuters taps CUBE for legal AI regulatory data
The deal broadens CoCounsel Legal's regulatory coverage to more than 150 countries, giving legal teams verified source material for cross-border work.
AI projects underdeliver as firms keep boosting spending
Most companies still plan to lift AI budgets despite surveys showing just 49% of recent projects delivered expected value.
Island launches enterprise browser to control AI agents
The tool aims to stop AI agents creating a second, unmonitored workforce by extending corporate browser rules to their web activity.
Banks must rebuild around governed AI agents, report
Banks face mounting pressure to prove AI pays off as Backbase says governance and accountability will decide which institutions scale agents.
AIR & Fill Easy link Asia-Pacific identity to EU trust
If approved, the tie-up could let banks and other firms verify Asia-Pacific identity data under EU rules without handling full documents.
Publicis Sapient & Ping Identity back AI identity push
Legacy identity upgrades and AI agent oversight are set to speed up as the firms aim to cut manual work and tighten access controls.
Google adds AI checks to 170-plus skills repository
The new review process should reduce broken skills and costly regressions as Google scales its Agent Skills repository past 170 entries.
Globant launches Glob.AI OS to govern enterprise AI
The platform aims to give large firms tighter control over AI spending, access and accountability as use spreads across more teams.
Axway launches AI platform to rein in costs & risk
Rising AI bills and stricter oversight are pushing enterprises to seek tools that can track usage, data access and compliance.
NiCE launches next-generation Cognigy for AI agents
Businesses can now manage AI agents across customer journeys with greater oversight, as the upgraded platform adds tracing, governance and reusable skills.
Salt Security launches autonomous defence for agents
Security teams can now automate blocking, access revocation and remediation across connected systems as Salt moves beyond alerts and tickets.
Researchers flag AI identity flaw in ServiceNow & Salesforce
Reco said record-triggered AI agents in ServiceNow and Salesforce can inherit the wrong user, creating access risks for support and sales workflows.
Virtana launches AI agent war room for IT incidents
As enterprises add more AI agents, the new platform aims to stop outages being handled in silos and speed recovery across systems.
Google eases GKE Dataplane V2 limits for AI agents
Clusters running AI agents should start faster and hit fewer security identity bottlenecks as Google trims GKE Dataplane V2's label-based limits.
Docebo launches AI agents & knowledge search for learn
Customers using Docebo's Learn platform can now search training and company systems in one place, while AI agents automate routine learning tasks.
llm-d 1.0 aims to ease production AI inference at scale
The release gives enterprises a steadier base for running agentic AI workloads in production, with lower infrastructure strain and less downtime.
