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The Ultimate Guide to Multi-Agent

A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Multi-Agent.

What to know about Multi-Agent

Multi-agent AI is reshaping how organisations design, deploy and govern intelligent systems. Instead of relying on a single model to handle every task, multi-agent setups coordinate many specialised agents – from coding assistants and SRE bots to security, marketing and customer service agents – each optimised for a specific role. This tag explores how these coordinated systems promise higher productivity, more reliable automation and richer decision-making across complex workflows.

The stories here trace multi-agent AI’s rapid move from theory to enterprise reality. You’ll find platform launches for orchestrating fleets of coding and operations agents, new infrastructure layers built to manage identity, access and governance for agent swarms, and tools that bring multi-agent capabilities to data platforms, cloud security, customer intelligence and IT support. Alongside the innovation, coverage also highlights emerging risks, new threat models and the fresh risk-management strategies needed when many agents can act semi-autonomously.

Readers interested in the next phase of AI automation can use this tag to follow how agentic and multi-agent systems are changing business models, cloud architecture, cyber security and everyday work. Whether you’re evaluating enterprise AI agents, planning autonomous workflows or wrestling with process friction, these articles offer concrete examples, early lessons from deployments and insight into how organisations are preparing for a future run by coordinated AI teams rather than standalone models.

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Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI
Virtualisation

Google Cloud launches Filestore agent volumes for AI

The service aims to cut storage overheads for firms running thousands of AI agents, while keeping workspaces isolated and quick to spin up.

Last month

Mandiant warns of AI agents fuelling new attack risks
Software-as-a-Service

Mandiant warns of AI agents fuelling new attack risks

Autonomous systems are now creating fresh avenues for code theft, remote execution and runaway cloud spending, Mandiant says.

Last month

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE
Virtualisation

Google launches open-source Agent Substrate on GKE

Teams running AI agents at scale could save idle compute and tighten isolation as Google opens Agent Substrate on Kubernetes Engine.

Last month

Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers
DevOps

Google Cloud launches AI coding plugin for developers

The new bundle lets AI coding assistants handle Google Cloud setup and commands with fewer custom integrations, while adding guardrails.

Last month

Google details Antigravity SDK for custom agent hubs
DevOps

Google details Antigravity SDK for custom agent hubs

Developers can now build their own multi-agent control planes with built-in logging, sandboxing and dashboard monitoring for enterprise workflows.

Last month

Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI
Malware

Google warns cyber attackers are moving to agentic AI

Attackers are compressing intrusions into hours, leaving defenders less time to spot and stop credential-harvesting campaigns.

Last month

Tenable & OpenAI launch AI inspector for cyber agents
Data Protection

Tenable & OpenAI launch AI inspector for cyber agents

Businesses using agentic AI in security operations could face less deployment risk as Tenable and OpenAI add pre-release checks for community tools.

Last month

Check Point expands OpenAI Daybreak use in security
Network Security

Check Point expands OpenAI Daybreak use in security

The integration aims to help customers separate real attack paths from false alarms, speeding remediation across several security workflows.

Last month

Google Cloud sets four rules for AI agent delegation
Data Protection

Google Cloud sets four rules for AI agent delegation

The guidance could help firms curb AI costs, protect sensitive data and reduce the risk of errors spreading through agent chains.

Tue, 25th Aug 2026

Hexnode launches AI context layer for endpoint management
Software-as-a-Service

Hexnode launches AI context layer for endpoint management

It aims to cut the steps IT administrators take by routing natural-language requests to specialist workflow agents while keeping human approval for changes.

Fri, 21st Aug 2026

Google Cloud unveils AI harness that finds flaws fast
Data breach

Google Cloud unveils AI harness that finds flaws fast

In two days, the system uncovered more than 100 critical bugs in stolen code repositories, outpacing manual review and aiding incident response.

Wed, 19th Aug 2026

Databricks buys Electric to power AI agent sandboxes
Neon

Databricks buys Electric to power AI agent sandboxes

The deal gives developers a way to keep AI agents working locally in sync with central data, cutting latency in sandboxed apps.

Wed, 12th Aug 2026

AWS adds Bedrock web search & DynamoDB vector search
Cloud Services

AWS adds Bedrock web search & DynamoDB vector search

Customers can now build AI apps with live web data and vector search in one AWS stack, reducing database sprawl and latency.

Tue, 11th Aug 2026

Amazon launches runtime instances for Bedrock agents
Virtualisation

Amazon launches runtime instances for Bedrock agents

Production AI agents on Bedrock can now share sessions for up to 14 days, making long-running workflows easier to run and coordinate.

Mon, 10th Aug 2026

Tenable launches free CyberAgents Exchange for AI security
Threat intelligence

Tenable launches free CyberAgents Exchange for AI security

Security teams can now reuse and share AI cyber tools in one free, vendor-neutral marketplace, as Tenable seeks to curb duplication and lock-in.

Thu, 6th Aug 2026

Autonomous AI agents could drive 90% of fraud by 2028
Scams

Autonomous AI agents could drive 90% of fraud by 2028

Scam losses are rising faster than human fraudsters alone can explain, with AI-enabled cases in the US already topping USD $900 million.

Thu, 6th Aug 2026

Google Cloud boosts AI agent density with GKE sandbox
Virtualisation

Google Cloud boosts AI agent density with GKE sandbox

Tests on an n2-standard-48 virtual machine showed Google Cloud's sandbox and orchestration tweaks could cut per-agent costs by up to 75%.

Fri, 31st Jul 2026

Microsoft launches AI cyber model to cut security costs
Encryption

Microsoft launches AI cyber model to cut security costs

The new model is designed to halve operating costs for Microsoft's MDASH security system as automated attacks grow cheaper and more frequent.

Thu, 30th Jul 2026

BlackLine launches Verity Prepare for finance teams
Digital Transformation

BlackLine launches Verity Prepare for finance teams

Finance teams could cut manual reconciliation prep time as BlackLine rolls out an AI tool built for audit trails and human oversight.

Wed, 29th Jul 2026

Google Cloud widens conversational analytics tools
Business Intelligence

Google Cloud widens conversational analytics tools

Businesses can now query governed data across cloud systems in plain language, as Google Cloud opens its conversational analytics tools more widely.

Wed, 29th Jul 2026