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Levi’s Unveils a Superagent, Banks Sound the Alarm, and Web3 Gets Its First Self-Sovereign AI

Levi’s Unveils a Superagent, Banks Sound the Alarm, and Web3 Gets Its First Self-Sovereign AI

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November 17, 2025

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Market Context: McKinsey's latest survey reveals 62% of organizations are experimenting with AI agents, with agentic AI market projected to grow from $1.5 billion today to $41.8 billion by 2030 representing 175% annual growth. Enterprise adoption focuses heavily on governance, security, and integration with existing workflows.

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The Latest Agentic Development

Levi Strauss & Co. Partners with Microsoft for Next-Gen Superagent

Levi Strauss announced a partnership with Microsoft to build an orchestrator superagent embedded in Microsoft Teams for corporate employees. The superagent will coordinate multiple specialized AI sub-agents across IT, HR, and operations, launching in early 2026 globally. Uses Microsoft 365 Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, and Copilot Studio

Perplexity Enhances Comet Assistant with Safer Agentic Controls

Perplexity announced upgrades to its Comet Assistant with explicit user permission requirements for high-risk actions like account access and purchases. Added step-by-step reasoning transparency and improved multi-tab browsing. Performance improved 23% over predecessor with better website navigation and form completion.

CoinFello Launches First Self-Sovereign AI Agent for Smart Contracts

HyperPlay Labs unveiled CoinFello, debuting at DevConnect Buenos Aires. CoinFello is the first self-sovereign AI agent for automating smart contract interactions using natural language. Built on EigenCloud and MetaMask Smart Accounts Kit, users maintain full custody while the agent handles gas fees, chain selection, and token swaps. Public launch Q1 2026.

Banks Embrace AI Agents as Value Soars (Capgemini Study)

A new Capgemini Research Institute report finds financial institutions rapidly adopting AI agents in customer-facing workflows. 33% of banks are developing proprietary AI agents in-house and 48% of firms are creating new jobs to supervise these agents. Top use cases include customer service bots, fraud detection, loan/claim processing, and onboarding. Capgemini projects agentic AI could generate up to $450 billion in economic value for finance by 2028. However, only ~10% of banks have scaled agents widely so far, and 96% of executives cite regulatory and compliance hurdles as a major barrier to broader deployment

Bain & Co. Details Agentic AI's E-Commerce Transformation

Report outlines how AI agents will automate purchases within user limits, monitor preferences, and handle payments autonomously, reshaping retail from recommendations to full transactions.

AI Agents Pose Risks as 'Bad' E-Commerce Customers

Autonomous agents could disrupt online retail by negotiating aggressively, returning en masse, or overwhelming systems, forcing e-retailers to adapt to non-human buyers.

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