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AI Agents

Agentic systems, orchestration, MCP and autonomous tooling.

ai infrastructureJul 5, 20265 min

Databricks’ AI Agents Are Quietly Rewriting How Teams Use Data

Databricks is launching AI agents that let professionals interact with business data like a colleague—not a tool—shifting the platform from analytics to intelligent orchestration.

ai glossary of terms slangJul 5, 20264 min

The New AI Lexicon: What ‘Hallucination,’ ‘RAG,’ and ‘Agentic’ Actually Mean (No Marketing Fluff)

A grounded, human-written glossary of the most common AI terms you’ll hear — from hallucinations to MCP — explained without hype, with real context and zero fluff.

startups venture capitalJul 4, 20265 min

MoEngage Acquires Aampe to Power Autonomous Marketing Agents

Indian customer engagement firm MoEngage has acquired AI startup Aampe, aiming to leverage autonomous AI agents for personalized marketing at scale.

ai businessJul 3, 20265 min

Anthropic Pulled the Plug on Its Agent SDK Billing Overhaul — Here's What Went Wrong

Anthropic paused its June 15 token-based billing split for Claude Agent SDK following developer opposition, a class-action lawsuit, and concerns about IPO-driven revenue pressure.

ai market performance roiJun 30, 20263 min

Claude Sonnet 5: Agentic AI Goes Mainstream as Anthropic Slashes Pricing

Anthropic's launch of Claude Sonnet 5 slashes agent cost loops with $2/$10 token pricing, putting heavy margin pressure on competitors' premium tiers while closing the capability gap with Opus 4.8.

ai scientific research workflowsJun 30, 20263 min

Orchestrating Scientific Discovery: Anthropic’s Workflow-Centric AI Workbench

Anthropic’s Claude Science simplifies computational research with multi-agent orchestration, reproducibility features, and access across all Claude subscription tiers.

ai funding rounds venture capitalJun 30, 20265 min

Simulated Sandboxes for Silicon Agents: Behind Patronus AI’s $50M Push to Train Autonomous Systems

Patronus AI has raised $50 million to advance its platform for testing and training autonomous AI agents within simulated environments, providing essential reliability and risk management infrastructure for enterprises deploying AI.

ai grc automationJun 30, 20263 min

What Agentic AI Actually Does to GRC Work (And What It Doesn't)

Anecdotal walkthrough of building a GRC agent that automates compliance monitoring, policy alignment, and audit preparation — preserving human judgment for strategic oversight.

ai agent economy autonomous commerceJun 30, 20264 min

OKX Launches AI Agent Marketplace: When Software Workers Hire and Pay Each Other

Crypto exchange OKX has launched a marketplace where AI agents can autonomously hire each other, settle micropayments via stablecoins, and build on-chain reputations — creating the first operational model for an agent-driven economy.

ai agent lifecycle identity managementJun 30, 20265 min

Beyond Automation: Securing the Forgotten Lifecycle of AI Agents

As enterprise AI adoption surges, the rapid, often clandestine deployment of AI agents challenges traditional security architectures. This article explores the imperative for robust lifecycle management—from automated provisioning to secure decommissioning—to mitigate the risks of unmonitored shadow AI.

cloud security incidentsJun 30, 20265 min

The AI Bill Came Due: Why Personal Agents Still Haven't Clicked

NEA's Tiffany Luck on the reckoning after tokenmaxxing — and what it actually takes for personal AI agents to earn our trust.

ai businessJun 30, 20265 min

Local Agentic Coding at Scale: Why Qwen3-Coder-Next Dominates 128GB Developer Workstations

An in-depth analysis of Qwen3-Coder-Next’s hybrid layout (Gated DeltaNet + MoE) and why its 80B total / 3B active parameters make it perfect for local 128GB coding agents.