The Ultimate Guide to AI Agents
A curated Canadian edition of IndustrialDay 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.
Canadian AI Agents News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Canadian firms lag on IT modernisation, Kyndryl says
Nearly half of Canadian organisations say they are behind on modernisation, as legacy systems, budgets and approvals slow upgrades.
Crowe BGK to adopt Fieldguide in Canadian audit work
Canadian auditors may cut manual work as Fieldguide embeds CPA Canada forms and becomes Crowe BGK's first local firm user.
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
Blind spots in agentic AI could turn routine tasks into breaches, as Canadian firms ramp up use faster than oversight can keep pace.
MindBridge adds AI tools for finance & audit teams
The update aims to cut setup complexity and keep finance teams and auditors in control as AI takes on more oversight work.
Mastercard & Rogers Bank test AI shopping checkout
Canadian shoppers may soon see AI agents make purchases within preset budgets, as the pilot highlights trust and control concerns.
Canadian firms race to adopt AI despite readiness gaps
Most firms lack the controls and skills to govern agentic AI, yet spending is rising fast as pilots spread across Canada.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Agents
Kore.ai launches Autoloop to optimise enterprise AI agents
Airrived named Gartner cool vendor in agentic AI security
Kingston holds global DRAM module lead with 62% share
Kantata launches Agent Studio for professional services
SAS launches AI Navigator for enterprise governance
Featured News
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Celonis argues frontier AI models are too generic for regulated banking, urging firms to weigh cost, risk and process gains before scaling deployments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reviews
Expert Columns
AI in Retail is Only as Good as its Data Foundation
The next eCommerce interface may not be a screen
In the AI era, channel value is being redefined
Stop saying AI hacked the system
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
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 hidden security risk in document redaction
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Agents News
Dell expands AI platform with semantic layer for agents
Enterprises could get more dependable AI agents as Dell's update ties internal data to context, governance and faster processing inside customer systems.
EY revenue hits USD $57 billion as AI demand surges
AI-related work helped push EY's annual revenue to USD $57 billion, with clients shifting from trials to wider business use.
Microsoft revamps Copilot with Home, Code & Autopilot
The overhaul aims to cut app switching and let businesses govern AI spend as Microsoft folds chat, coding and Office tools into one interface.
Tanium relaunches Security Operations to counter AI attacks
The update aims to help security teams spot and stop AI-driven intrusions that use stolen credentials and trusted tools rather than malware.
Dell launches Windows AI PCs with NVIDIA & Microsoft
Creators and enterprises can run larger AI models locally as Dell's new Windows PCs and workstations bring NVIDIA's chips into office environments.
Animoca partners on AI agents for verified shopping
The pilot aims to let shopping bots prove user eligibility for discounts and benefits while keeping personal data hidden from merchants.
Forcepoint & BeyondTrust link identity risk to data
It lets security teams cut off a risky identity's access to sensitive records without disrupting other users or broader systems.
Beyond Now launches platform for AI telecoms revenue
Telecoms operators could speed new AI offers to market, as Beyond Now's platform aims to cut friction in pricing, billing and partner settlement.
Insurers race towards autonomous AI, Sapiens survey finds
Two thirds of senior insurance professionals expect AI to become fully autonomous within three years, despite patchy adoption and governance gaps.
Sapiens launches AI foundation for insurance platforms
It is designed to curb hallucinations and model drift by grounding insurer workflows in decades of sector-specific data, code and documentation.
OutSystems opens Agent Experience to third-party AI agents
Large firms in regulated sectors can now use third-party AI coding agents inside OutSystems while retaining governance, auditability and deployment control.
Netskope launches AgentSkope marketplace for teams
The new marketplace lets customers manage AI agents in one console, easing procurement bottlenecks and helping overstretched security teams triage alerts faster.
Most firms run AI agents without proper security tools
Most enterprises are deploying AI agents in production without dedicated security controls, leaving a 40-to-1 gap between adoption and readiness.
Abnormal AI expands security suite with five products
The expansion gives security teams clearer oversight of staff and autonomous agents as businesses rush to embed generative AI in daily work.
RiskProfiler launches MCP connector for AI threat hunts
Security teams could speed up external threat investigations as RiskProfiler's new connector lets authorised users query its platform through AI assistants.
Stacklet launches Token Custodian to govern AI token spend
Enterprises are under pressure to prove AI value as Stacklet's new tool ties token usage to budgets, teams and cost centres.
AMD launches Ross AI assistant for embedded developers
By automating debugging, design and deployment tasks, Ross could cut development time for teams working across AMD's increasingly complex embedded stack.
IBM & Red Hat launch Lightwell remediation service
Enterprises running ageing Java libraries could get faster fixes, as the new service has already remediated more than 400 unknown vulnerabilities.
Australian firms see AI IT gains but still demand oversight
Despite strong returns from AI in IT, most Australian organisations still insist on human sign-off before systems can make operational decisions.
Dell adds AI data tools for governed enterprise use
The new platform aims to let businesses deploy AI agents on sensitive records without losing control over access, context or governance.