AI Agents
30 articlesAutonomous AI that acts, not just answers
AI agents are autonomous systems that can plan, reason, and take actions across software and the web without continuous human instruction. Unlike chatbots that answer questions, agents complete entire workflows: booking meetings, writing and executing code, processing invoices, and coordinating with other agents. The enterprise adoption curve is accelerating, with Databricks reporting a 12x increase in production agent deployments in Q2 2026.
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Cognition raised 1B at a 26B valuation on May 27 as Devin hit 492M ARR and now writes 90% of its own code, signaling AI coding agents have won enterprise.
AI Agents Have Credit Scores Now, and the Risks Are Real
Alchemy's February 2026 launch gave AI agents on-chain credit scores, but a rogue agent weaponized the system across 95 open-source repositories.
Google AP2 Lets AI Agents Pay Without Bank Accounts
Google donated AP2, its Agent Payments Protocol, to the FIDO Alliance with 120 partners, introducing Human Not Present payments for autonomous AI agents.
Notion Turns Your Workspace Into an AI Agent Control Room
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Elliptic Raises $120M to Automate Crypto Compliance With AI
Elliptic closed a $120M Series D at $670M valuation, backed by Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan to scale AI-native crypto compliance tools.
Crypto's Killer App Has Finally Arrived, and Humans Aren't the Target User
Trust Wallet and Mesh are rebuilding crypto wallets for AI agents at Consensus Miami 2026, as McKinsey projects $5 trillion in AI-mediated commerce by 2030.
The Machine Economy Has Its Payment Rails, and Your CFO Hasn't Noticed Yet
x402 hits 165M AI agent transactions as Bridge and Deus X Capital at Consensus 2026 declare stablecoins the infrastructure layer for autonomous commerce.
Anthropic's AI Agents Now Dream, And What They Learn While You Sleep Changes Everything About Enterprise AI
May 12, 2026Anthropic's AI Agents Now Dream, And What They Learn While You Sleep Changes Everything About Enterprise AI
Anthropic's new Dreaming feature for Claude Managed Agents lets AI systems autonomously review past sessions, extract behavioral patterns, and self-improve without human intervention, a capability no competitor offers at enterprise scale.
Writer's AI Agents Don't Wait to Be Asked, And That Changes Everything About Enterprise AI
May 12, 2026Writer's AI Agents Don't Wait to Be Asked, And That Changes Everything About Enterprise AI
Writer's Skills and Playbooks launch in March 2026 introduces event-driven agents that execute enterprise workflows without human prompting, taking direct aim at Microsoft, Amazon, and Salesforce.
The Wallet Was Never Meant for You: Trust Wallet and Mesh Are Rebuilding Crypto's Core Infrastructure for Machines
May 12, 2026The Wallet Was Never Meant for You: Trust Wallet and Mesh Are Rebuilding Crypto's Core Infrastructure for Machines
At Consensus Miami 2026, Trust Wallet and Mesh revealed AI-native wallet architectures powered by EIP-8004, the Ethereum standard that gives AI agents verifiable on-chain identity, reputation, and payment rails.
NVIDIA Just Handed 17 Enterprise Giants an Open-Source Agent Army, and the Target Is Microsoft
May 12, 2026NVIDIA Just Handed 17 Enterprise Giants an Open-Source Agent Army, and the Target Is Microsoft
NVIDIA's open-source Agent Toolkit and its 17 enterprise partners signal a bid to own the governance and runtime layer of enterprise AI agents.
The Stablecoin Law That Handed Every Bank Its Own Mint, and Why AI Agents Are Already Spending the Money
May 11, 2026The Stablecoin Law That Handed Every Bank Its Own Mint, and Why AI Agents Are Already Spending the Money
B2B stablecoin payments grew 733% and AI agents made 140M micropayments, the GENIUS Act now allows every FDIC-insured bank to issue dollar tokens.
Google Brought a Protocol to a Model Fight, And That's Why Cloud Next '26 Changes Everything
May 11, 2026Google Brought a Protocol to a Model Fight, And That's Why Cloud Next '26 Changes Everything
Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and A2A protocol at 150 production deployments may define enterprise AI infrastructure for the next decade.
The Ex-Twitter CEO Fired by Elon Musk Is Building the Most Critical AI Infrastructure Nobody Talks About
May 11, 2026The Ex-Twitter CEO Fired by Elon Musk Is Building the Most Critical AI Infrastructure Nobody Talks About
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Google's May 19-20 developer conference is set to unveil Gemini 4, Android 17, Aluminium OS, and the most sweeping agentic AI platform in the company's history.
AI Agents Are Effectively Unbanked, And $1.5 Trillion Is Riding on Whether Crypto Can Fix That
May 10, 2026AI Agents Are Effectively Unbanked, And $1.5 Trillion Is Riding on Whether Crypto Can Fix That
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Crypto Was Never Built for You. Alchemy's CEO Just Made That Case, and the Numbers Are Starting to Agree.
May 10, 2026Crypto Was Never Built for You. Alchemy's CEO Just Made That Case, and the Numbers Are Starting to Agree.
Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan argues that crypto's 24/7 borderless programmability, a barrier for consumers, is exactly the infrastructure AI agents need.
Your Code Is a Build Artifact Now: How Spec-Driven AI Development Is Making Cursor and Copilot Obsolete
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Amazon's Kiro and the BMAD framework treat specifications as source of truth and generated code as output, inverting 30 years of IDE-centered software development.
monday.com Just Declared SaaS Dead, Its AI Work Platform Bets Every Enterprise on Agents
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monday.com's May 2026 relaunch as an AI Work Platform puts Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini inside every workflow, challenging the per-seat SaaS model's long-term viability.
Chainalysis Just Deployed AI Agents Against Crypto Crime, And the Criminals Were Already Using Them
May 9, 2026Chainalysis Just Deployed AI Agents Against Crypto Crime, And the Criminals Were Already Using Them
Chainalysis launches AI agents for blockchain crime investigations at Links 2026, compressing days-long multi-chain cases to minutes with full audit trails.
Ant Group's Anvita Is Not a Crypto Play. It's the Operating System for the Agent Economy.
May 9, 2026Ant Group's Anvita Is Not a Crypto Play. It's the Operating System for the Agent Economy.
Ant Digital Technologies launches Anvita with TaaS for institutional tokenization and Flow for AI agent-to-agent payments via the x402 protocol and USDC, targeting the onchain agentic economy.
Your Docs Have a New Primary Audience, and It Isn't Your Users
Mintlify raised $45M at $500M valuation from a16z, with AI agents now over 50% of traffic across its 20,000-company documentation platform.
The Enterprise Has 367 AI Silos and No One in Charge. ServiceNow Just Applied for the Job.
May 8, 2026The Enterprise Has 367 AI Silos and No One in Charge. ServiceNow Just Applied for the Job.
ServiceNow at Knowledge 2026 unveiled Autonomous Security & Risk and Project Arc, betting that governing every enterprise AI agent is a $1B+ platform opportunity.
Stablecoins Just Silently Surpassed Visa and AI Agents Are Only Getting Started
Stablecoin transaction volume crossed $45 trillion annually in 2025, more than triple Visa's FY2025 throughput, as the x402 protocol processes 119 million machine-to-machine payments on Base and AI agents become the dominant driver of on-chain volume.
Amazon Just Gave AI Agents a Credit Card, and the $317 Billion Stablecoin Market Is Only the Beginning
May 8, 2026Amazon Just Gave AI Agents a Credit Card, and the $317 Billion Stablecoin Market Is Only the Beginning
Amazon launched AI agent stablecoin payments via Coinbase and Stripe, tapping a $317B market where 2025 on-chain volume already surpassed Visa and Mastercard.
Microsoft Just Built the Control Tower for the AI Agent Economy, and Every Enterprise Needs to Pay Attention
May 8, 2026Microsoft Just Built the Control Tower for the AI Agent Economy, and Every Enterprise Needs to Pay Attention
Microsoft Agent 365 goes GA May 1, 2026 at $15/user/month, a cross-cloud governance control plane for AI agents backed by Entra, Defender, and Purview.
OpenAI's Codex Just Stopped Being a Coding Tool, And That Should Worry Every Software Startup
May 8, 2026OpenAI's Codex Just Stopped Being a Coding Tool, And That Should Worry Every Software Startup
Background screen control, 90+ plugins, and Chronicle memory turn Codex into an AI workspace for 3 million weekly developers.
The $0 Market That Big Tech Is Racing to Own: AI Agents Are About to Eat Stablecoins
May 8, 2026The $0 Market That Big Tech Is Racing to Own: AI Agents Are About to Eat Stablecoins
At Consensus Miami 2026, every major financial firm declared AI agents the next stablecoin catalyst. Current AI agent payments represent 0.0001% of stablecoin volume. The race is on anyway.
The $650 Billion Month: Solana Has Quietly Become the Central Bank for AI Agents, and Ethereum Is Building Their Passport
May 7, 2026The $650 Billion Month: Solana Has Quietly Become the Central Bank for AI Agents, and Ethereum Is Building Their Passport
Solana processed $650 billion in stablecoin volume in February 2026, handling 65% of all AI-agent payments, as Ethereum finalizes ERC-8004 to give autonomous agents persistent on-chain identities.