Agents

Databricks and OpenAI are turning enterprise agents from demos into dependable systems. With Agent Bricks on a governed lakehouse, teams can plan, act, evaluate, and ship a production agent with audit trails in 30 days.

On October 7, 2025, Google previewed Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, which lets agents operate real software through the browser. Interfaces become scriptable surfaces that reshape roadmaps, staffing, and governance.

Anthropic’s Claude Skills shift AI from chatty prompts to governed, pluggable capabilities. With contracts, policies, and observability, teams assemble a modular workforce of task‑specific assistants that can scale with control.

Microsoft is turning Windows into a true agent platform. Copilot Actions completes tasks and Copilot Vision coaches clicks on the apps you share. Learn what shipped and how ISVs and IT can move first.

At Dreamforce 2025, Salesforce launched Agentforce 360 and reframed CRM as a governed agent platform. See what is live now, how it shifts build versus buy, and a 30 day plan to launch an ROI positive agent on Salesforce data.

On October 14, 2025, Walmart said shoppers will soon buy directly inside ChatGPT using Instant Checkout. This is the clearest signal that agentic commerce is going mainstream. Here is what changes and how to prepare.

Notion 3.0 moves beyond chat and makes native AI agents part of the workspace. Here is what shipped, why it matters, and how to pilot agents with strong guardrails, smarter connectors, and real impact on team flow.

At Oracle AI World on October 15, Oracle embedded AI agents across Fusion Cloud apps for finance, planning, supply chain, and CX. The shift moves enterprise AI from chat to execution inside the system of record with human control.

At Zoomtopia 2025, Zoom moved AI Companion 3.0 from a chat sidebar to an in-meeting operator. Learn how voice becomes the control plane, agents execute across apps, and leaders can pilot real workflows now.

OpenAI’s AgentKit sets a new baseline for building and running enterprise agents with a visual builder, embeddable chat, rigorous evals, and a governed connector registry. Here is why this launch matters and how to ship in 60 days.

On October 8, 2025, SolarWinds revealed an AI Agent that shifts AIOps beyond dashboards into agentic workflows. Learn what is live, what is coming, how it cuts MTTR and alert noise, and how to run a 90 day pilot.

Visa introduced Trusted Agent Protocol, a payments-grade method for retailers to recognize legitimate AI shopping agents while keeping malicious bots out. See what to implement before peak season and how TAP fits with ACP and x402.

Google's Gemini 2.5 Computer Use lets agents see the page, click, type, and scroll inside a safe loop. Here is how it works, where it fits, and a two sprint roadmap to pilot it in your stack.

Slack just turned Slackbot into a real assistant that plans work, searches with context, and takes action across your tools. See why chat native agents will beat standalone copilots and how to roll them out safely and fast.

Amazon just launched Quick Suite, a cloud native workspace that fuses research, BI, flows, and automation behind one system chat agent. With seat plus agent hour pricing and open standards, it challenges office work as we know it.

On October 14, Salesforce is set to unveil voice native Agentforce with hybrid reasoning, MCP support, and a new Command Center. Learn what is truly new, how to deploy in 60 days, and where the ROI appears first.

Microsoft shifts Copilot from a single helper to coordinated agent teams. Researcher and Analyst arrive with multi-agent orchestration in Copilot Studio to deliver traceable workflows, enterprise identities, and built-in guardrails.

India switched on a pilot that lets ChatGPT handle discovery, decision, and UPI payment in one conversation. Here is what agent-native checkout changes for merchants, banks, and platforms, and how it could scale globally.