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
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.
Talentica launches DevX AI Pods for product engineering
The service aims to cut errors from AI coding tools by giving engineers and agents shared product context across the full development cycle.
Cygnet.One unveils agentic AI for finance in Mumbai
Banks could speed up lending and fraud checks as the firms' AI merges data, documents and records into one contextual report.
Swiggy adopts Snowflake to speed up data workflows
Swiggy's data teams can now run heavy queries far faster as the platform brings marketing, operations and finance onto one governed view.
Pierag merges with SNB to expand India risk advisory
The combined practice moves into India's top 10, as listed companies spend more on audit, controls and governance across sectors.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Reco raises USD $55 million as AI agent security grows
DXC partners LangChain to govern enterprise AI agents
AI agents in IT service management and cloud operations
Airrived named leader in IDC MarketScape for AI SOC
Oracle launches Fusion Claw for autonomous business tasks
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.
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.
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.
Expert Columns
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
Building Infrastructure for an AI World in Motion
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 data center math has changed
Why trusted 'Customer Context' is critical in the agentic AI era
The Next E-commerce Interface May Not Be a Screen
The autonomous SOC takeover
How security leaders should measure AI SOC performance
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
Deepfake fraud market hits USD $40 billion, report says
Synthetic fraud is now costing banks and insurers USD $40 billion a year, with voice cloning and video deepfakes driving most cases.
Deepfake scams drive USD $40 billion fraud warning
Banks and insurers face rising losses as deepfake fraud is now estimated at USD $40 billion a year, with voice cloning fuelling most cases.
Banks overrate fraud readiness as data gaps persist
Operational gaps are undermining banks' fraud defences, with only 41% fully connecting key data despite strong plans to increase AI spending.
HCLTech signs Anthropic partnership for enterprise AI
The deal should help large firms deploy safer AI systems, with HCLTech adding Claude to services and software for banks, hospitals and manufacturers.
Workday to acquire C1.ai for AI identity governance
The deal gives Workday a way to tie access controls to hiring and departures, reducing manual oversight as firms deploy AI agents.
Zendesk launches directory for verified AI support endpoints
The new directory aims to stop AI assistants from routing users to spoofed help desks by verifying brands' official support channels first.
Codenotary launches AgentMon Start for small businesses
The cloud-free tool gives smaller firms visibility into AI agent activity, helping them curb hidden token costs and security risks.
Bloomberg launches Enterprise MCP for AI data access
Financial firms can now give AI agents governed access to Bloomberg data, with context that clarifies currency, pricing and timing.
Thales expands Google Cloud tie-up to secure AI agents
The integration aims to curb prompt injection, data leakage and unauthorised actions as firms shift AI from pilots to critical systems.
AI agents force payments industry to verify intent
Banks and card networks may need new checks as software agents start buying on customers' behalf, blurring fraud and consent.
FIS launches AI suite for CFO cash flow forecasting
Finance teams can now spot liquidity pressure earlier, as the new suite pulls together data from multiple systems and forecasts cash across time horizons.
Thales launches data security tool amid AI access risk
The platform is designed to help firms expose and protect sensitive data as AI assistants and machine identities widen access paths across systems.
Bloomberg launches enterprise MCP for AI data access
Financial firms can now let AI agents pull licensed Bloomberg data through a standardised interface that also supplies the context needed to use it correctly.
Transferra & Wallester warn card programmes need scaling
Payment firms are finding that card programmes take far more operational work to scale than to launch, with extra providers adding integration risk.
Australian executives & workers split on AI progress
The 17-point divide suggests many firms may be overestimating AI gains, especially in larger organisations where workers see weaker execution.
Microsoft unveils Maia 300 for 2027 AI deployments
The new chip is meant to lift Microsoft's AI services, with Maia 300 set for production deployments in 2027 and wider roll-out plans from then.
Anthropic MCP SDK flaw lets attackers hijack logins
A flaw in Anthropic's MCP Python SDK could let malicious servers steal credentials and take over accounts through apparently legitimate logins.
CAS picks NEWWORK platform for AI-enabled operations
The pilot will link sales, production and logistics data, giving CAS real-time visibility across orders and deliveries as it tests an AI operating layer.
Acalvio launches ShadowPlex AI Agent in Gemini marketplace
Security teams can now generate deception playbooks in minutes, as AI-assisted attacks and enterprise AI systems raise the stakes for defenders.
NinjaTech launches fixed-price AI platform for enterprises
Enterprises can now run AI agents in their own cloud or data centre without unpredictable usage charges, easing cost and data-control concerns.
