The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents

2026 · American Edition

Also known as Agentic AI.

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
Ai workflow laptop interface with abstract humanoid guide Prismatic unveils AI Copilot for embedded workflows Last week Software engineer multi monitor ultrafast code search path visual Moderne launches Trigrep to speed enterprise AI agents Last week Israel soc ai leadership executives shaking hands cyber defense ops Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth Last week Untitled design 2026 02 26t021422.386 Agentic AI foundation names David Nalley as Board Chair Last month Tangled digital network streamlining into central cyber shield Brinqa unveils AI agents to streamline cyber risk data Last month Sales dashboard laptop with connected business apps data streams People.ai links SalesAI to MCP for trusted CRM data Last month
Analyst Insights
AI agents and enterprise transformation: Turning hype into measurable value in 2026
Gartner · Agentic AI · Data Protection
Last week
Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth
Gartner · Agentic AI · Advanced Persistent Threat Protection
Last week
IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing
Osterman Research · Agentic AI · UC
Last week
Tamr doubles SaaS revenue as AI drives data mastering
Gartner · Agentic AI · UC
Last week
Autonomous AI 'agentic customers' set to reshape banks
Gartner · Agentic AI · Data Protection
Last week
Expert columns
Female representation in AI is a win-win situation for businesses
By Emma Irwin of Dataiku
Last week
Agentic AI and the question of equitable intelligence
By Marlene Wolfgruber of ABBYY
Last week
Safe AI needs all voices: Celebrating the women who help drive CSA's AI safety initiative
By Illena Armstrong of Cloud Security Alliance
Last week
Designing equal opportunity in AI and adtech leadership
By Kathy Lu of Nexxen
Last week
The AI infrastructure trap: Why your 'AI-ready' project may already be obsolete
By Fabio Straessle of G+D Netcetera
Last week
How insurance providers are making their customer data AI ready
By Helen Richardson of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Insurance
Last month
AI is rewriting the B2B marketing playbook for CIOs, CTOs & CMOS
By James Foote of Polaris
Last month
Beyond technology: How leadership drives contact centre performance
By Ed Creasey of Calabrio
Last month
2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round
By Easy Crypto
Last month
Stop burning money on manual marketing tasks
By Adrian Randall of Arcadian Digital
Last month
Synergy: How AI agents and humans can play together in the same sandbox
By Ravi Shankar of Denodo
Last month
Preparing campus and branch networks for AI demand
By Dimitri Polydorou of Cisco
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
How AI helps neurodivergent professionals showcase their strengths
By Susanna Ray of Microsoft
Mon, 19th Jan 2026
Agentic AI to redefine channel partners' business models
By Trevor Boal of Extreme Networks
Thu, 15th Jan 2026
AI's 2026 security fallout: identity chaos & deepfake fear
By OpenText Cybersecurity
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Interviews
Composable, process‑aware AI key to enterprise ROI
Discussing Digital Transformation
Last month
Why the all-AI social network looks more fad than legacy
Discussing Cloud Services
Last month
Exclusive: Oracle's marketplace passes 400 Fusion AI agents
Discussing Unified Communications
Tue, 11th Nov 2025
Oracle launches new AI Agent Marketplace for Fusion suite
Discussing Digital Transformation
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
Oracle Fusion unveils AI agents to boost finance team efficiency
Discussing B2B
Thu, 16th Oct 2025
Recent news
Salesforce unveils Agentforce AI tools for healthcare
About IT Department
Last week
Prismatic unveils AI Copilot for embedded workflows
About Software-as-a-Service
Last week
OpenAI launches Codex desktop app for Windows devs
About Cloud Services
Last week
Moderne launches Trigrep to speed enterprise AI agents
About Software engineering
Last week
MariaDB to acquire GridGain to power low-latency AI
About Hybrid Cloud
Last week
B2B marketers struggle to manage brand visibility in AI
About Chief Technology Officers
Last week
MHP backs ADMARES digital factory for modular homes
About Digitalisation
Last week
Forcepoint adds ARIA AI assistant to Data Security Cloud
About Cloud Services
Last week
SAP teams with Uptycs on 'Glass Box' AI security analyst
About Hybrid Cloud
Last week
RecordPoint unveils MCP Server for governed AI data
About Data management
Last week
ExpressVPN unveils beta MCP server for AI VPN control
About Firewalls
Last week
Agentic AI boosts elite cyber teams but hinders rookies
About Education, Learning & Training
Last week
Sahar Group selects Ramco for Black Hawk MRO digitisation
About Productivity
Last week
RecordPoint unveils MCP Server to govern enterprise AI
About Data Protection
Last week
Delinea buys StrongDM to boost AI-era identity security
About Virtualisation
Last week
Job moves
Agentic AI foundation names David Nalley as Board Chair
Move at Lenovo
Last month
KnowBe4 appoints Kelly Morgan as Chief Customer Officer
Move at DocuSign
Last month
KnowBe4 appoints Yuneeb Khan as Chief Financial Officer
Move at PwC
Last month
DryRun Security adds Andrew Peterson to drive AI shift
Move at Palo Alto Networks
Last month
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
Move at Cisco
Last month
Zendesk names Craig Flower COO to drive AI first shift
Move at HP
Last month
KnowBe4 marks AIDA decade & names AI innovation VP
Move at KnowBe4
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
INVNT names James Nicholas Kinney Global Chief AI Officer
Move at Microsoft
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Ping Identity names Adnan Chaudhry Chief Revenue Officer
Move at Salesforce
Wed, 14th Jan 2026
OutSystems appoints Fay Sien Goon as new finance chief
Move at ServiceNow
Tue, 13th Jan 2026
Top players
Oracle UiPath Salesforce Adobe OpenAI
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