The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated UK 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.
UK AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Cequence backs behaviour-based zero trust for AI agents
Runtime behaviour, not login checks, is now seen as the key control as businesses put AI agents into live systems and data.
Stripe adds AI commerce tools for UK businesses abroad
UK merchants will soon be able to sell via AI chatbots as Stripe broadens cross-border payments, pricing and fraud tools for overseas trade.
Only 12% of UK eCommerce brands ready for AI checkout
Retailers risk losing sales to AI agents as most of the UK's biggest eCommerce brands lack the technical setup for autonomous checkout.
Akamai launches AI agent traffic security framework
Businesses will be able to distinguish trusted AI shoppers from malicious bots as automated requests surge across retail and publishing sites.
Most executives say AI has moved beyond pilot phase
Most large companies have shifted AI into live use, but senior leaders remain split on whether it will drive hiring or cuts.
Sapiens names new delivery & customer success chiefs
The overhaul aims to give insurers clearer support as Sapiens pushes AI tools into existing systems across more than 600 clients worldwide.
Analyst Insights
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Gartner says more than 10% of firms will be AI-first
Cequence posts record quarter on agentic AI security
European firms boost security spending for autonomous AI
Optiv launches AI partner portal built on Channelscaler
Tech Mahindra launches agentic app modernisation services
Featured News
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.
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.
Exclusive: Orderfox pushes into autonomous execution with Gieni ABX
Orderfox launches Gieni ABX on Microsoft Azure to push industrial AI beyond insights, automating workflows across enterprise systems with governance.
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
UiPath is pushing AI deeper into software testing, promising autonomous agents that transform quality assurance and developers' roles.
Cloudera and Svitla Systems bring trusted AI to healthcare
Cloudera and Svitla team up to build trusted, clinician‑centric AI that unifies patient data while safeguarding privacy and consent.
Expert Columns
Data value chain seen as next step for enterprises
AI changes detection engineering - but only if you fix your context problem
The next phase of AI in marketing is not just more automation
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
Being offensive in your defense - How threat hunting assists
Why data governance is a core IT responsibility in the AI era
CX is an outcome of the network beneath it
Is your data ready for AI? 5 steps before deploying an agent
KYA is the new KYC: The payment identity problem AI commerce cannot afford to ignore
Proof beats promise: The trust crisis AI is creating
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
BlueVoyant launches AI platform for security operations
Cyber teams facing mounting alerts may use the new platform to cut false positives and speed containment across Microsoft-heavy environments.
AI changes detection engineering - but only if you fix your context problem
Missing context could undermine AI-led SOCs, forcing detection engineers to encode business risk and attacker behaviour into every alert.
Zaro.ai emerges with USD $5.1 million pre-seed round
The funding will help Zaro chase enterprise clients as it enters a crowded AI software market with a model-agnostic workspace.
Argyll launches UK sovereign AI cloud with SambaNova
British firms seeking compliant AI processing can now keep inference workloads inside the UK as energy and data rules tighten.
Half of consumers mistrust AI agents with card details
Trust at the point of payment is the key hurdle, with 50.1% of European consumers unwilling to share card details with AI agents.
Multiverse opens Edinburgh hub with ex-Amazon AI chief
The training firm plans 200 hires as it broadens UK engineering beyond London and pushes deeper into AI products after fresh funding.
AI-driven fraud makes UK bank scams harder to spot
Banks must now spot whether a payment is genuine intent or manipulation before money leaves an account, amid rising AI scams.
Enterprise teams trust AI more in build than release
Enterprise software teams are far more willing to use AI before production, with trust dropping from 82% at build to 58% at release.
UK tech sector valued at GBP £1.6 trillion, report finds
Artificial intelligence has become the main driver of UK tech value, with venture funding and start-up creation increasingly concentrated in the sector.
HTEC & Xsolis to add agentic AI to Dragonfly platform
Faster approvals and fewer disputes could follow as the partnership targets slow, manual utilisation management across healthcare systems.
Patchworks launches AI Studio for integration prompts
The new platform aims to cut retail integration setup from weeks to hours, as businesses seek faster links between storefronts, ERP and warehouse systems.
Deliverance AI launches with GBP £6m annual revenue
Growing demand for governed AI in regulated sectors has helped the London-based start-up secure six enterprise customers in three months.
CreatorOS launches Nutcake AI assistant for brands
Free access to a new AI tool could help brands cut the time spent on creator campaign planning, briefing and tracking.
Aveni raises GBP £12 million for AI assurance tools
The funding will help the Edinburgh fintech expand tools that let banks check AI agents meet conduct standards for customers.
OpenUK unveils speakers for Edinburgh open source AI event
The conference will put Scotland's AI talent, security and infrastructure under the spotlight as debate over governance and control intensifies.
SSP joins MGAA insurers & launches AI product platform
MGA insurers could cut product launch times from months to days as the software supplier targets faster configuration, testing and compliance.
Gravitee launches Gamma as UK AI agents top 713,130
British firms now use 713,130 AI agents, sharpening pressure for tighter oversight as Gravitee rolls out Gamma to govern them.
Parloa opens London office as AI expansion gathers pace
London's rising AI investment is drawing Parloa into the capital as the company expands its European footprint and customer base.
Cato says AI cuts CVE protection time to 45 minutes
The cloud security vendor said customers can now get protection against newly disclosed flaws in 45 minutes, far faster than patch cycles.
WealthAi lands Patronus Partners as full deployment client
The full rollout could reduce administration and compliance burdens for Patronus Partners as wealth managers look to join up legacy systems with AI.
Job Moves
Sapiens names new delivery & customer success chiefs
Multiverse opens Edinburgh hub with ex-Amazon AI chief
Billy Grace taps ex-Google sales head for UK launch
ANS names Ali Mustoe-Playfair as Agentic Operations Chief
Stacks.ai appoints Farid Sedjelmaci to spearhead UK growth
Chris Huntingford appointed ANS AI director for 2024 push
