Agents Stack: Building the Future with Human-Led AI
What if the future of AI wasn’t just about speed and automation, but about trust, security, and sustainable impact? As businesses race to adopt AI, the challenge becomes in doing so without risking breaches or compliance failures. The evolution of AI has transformed it from a basic automation tool into autonomous allies, but not without introducing new challenges. Organizations worldwide are struggling to adopt AI without exposing themselves to vulnerabilities, data breaches, or compliance risks. Traditional cybersecurity tools, on the other hand, often lack the agility and intelligence needed to meet real-time threats or align with evolving environmental and regulatory standards.
This moment calls for a new generation of AI solutions grounded not just in performance, but in purpose. Enter Agents Stack, a bold Singapore-based tech firm building advanced AI Agents for the real-world challenges of modern enterprises. Their systems are designed with cybersecurity, governance, and ESG at the core, enabling businesses to detect threats, meet regulatory demands, and track their environmental impact with confidence. With a mission to empower 100 million “Agents of Change” by 2029, the company represents a new era of AI – one that makes it ideal for this cover edition of WorldBiz Insider Magazine.
The Spark Behind Agents Stack
The story of Agents Stack traces back to a long-standing itch of a passionate technologist, Aanchal Gupta, who sought to build something impactful at the intersection of business and technology. With a background in computer science and a passion for business, she saw tech as a lever for efficiency and growth, not just code. During her time at McKinsey, the variety of industries and strategies offered stimulation, but the lack of execution left a void. From there, she joined Cloudflare, where over six and a half years, she helped scale the company from its early days and IPO, taking on new roles every six months across teams, functions, and geographies. Yet, even there, her entrepreneurial spark kept flickering.
The turning point came while leading transformation projects at Tulip, where she witnessed large enterprises struggle with deep operational challenges. Around the same time, AI was emerging as a converging solution. It can address diverse and complex operational challenges without writing a single line of code. This sparked the idea of Agents Stack. The name is a blend of two ideas: “Agents” representing AI-powered, high-impact problem solvers, and “Stack” symbolizing the robust infrastructure backbone enabling them. The company is built on years of strategy, execution, and a relentless drive to meaningful transformations in the age of intelligent transformation.
Powering Transformations with People-First AI
Agents Stack fundamentally calls itself a people-first AI company, built on the belief that human intellect and real-world experience drive technology. The leadership team, including CMO, CHRO, and Head of Operations, shares a common thread – all of them have transitioned roles frequently in their careers, driven by curiosity, fast learning, and a desire to challenge the status quo. This is what makes them a dynamic team that will go beyond simple integrations, embedding their diverse backgrounds and inclusive mindset into every solution they build.
Together, the team focuses on modernizing legacy enterprises in traditional industries, where 80% of transformation hinges on people and process and 20% on technology. Agents Stack infuses high-agility, integrity-rich professionals into customer engagements. This accelerates those companies’ transformation, unlocking human potential and process excellence. While technology plays its part, it’s these “Agents of change” drawn from across the globe with distinct mindsets who drive transformations. The company integrates AI agents into cybersecurity and ESG goals, with a deep understanding of enterprise readiness, making them uniquely positioned to deliver high-impact outcomes at scale.
“100 million Agents of Change” – An Ambitious Mission
As Agents Stack sets a new benchmark for how its AI agents can redefine business operations, it has a more noble mission in its heart – to “Empower 100 million agents of change by 2029.” Aanchal explains that this mission stems from a bold, grounded vision: to drive digital transformation in industries where it’s most needed, such as manufacturing, energy, utilities, and infrastructure. Unlike digital-first industries like gaming or e-commerce, these industries lag behind due to outdated systems and resistance to transformation. Agents Stack aims to address this gap by deploying individuals who are trained, agile, and most importantly, know how to lead complex transitions.
The project, however, scales beyond internal teams. Every project, whether it’s digitizing power grids or modernizing factories, relies on thousands of frontline workers across diverse geographies. With grassroots hiring model and inclusive compensation structures, the company aims to activate the local talent. If a company with a budget can employ individuals between 100 and 5000 people in an AI transformation project, it could drive positive change. Whether through global hiring, experienced transformation leaders, or on-ground workers, Agents Stack is building a vast network of human-led, tech-enabled change. “This is how we aim to reach 100 million, creating opportunities for people to lead through it,” exclaims Aanchal proudly.
Empowering Critical Infrastructure with AI
From developing people-first AI solutions to empowering a new generation of AI Agents, Agents Stack has made a visible impact on the world. With headquarters in Singapore, the company is carving a strong presence across the ASEAN region, with India and the Philippines as primary talent hubs. These regions offer deep expertise – India with its globally experienced leadership in tech and transformation, and the Philippines with high-quality operational talent. Singapore remains the company’s innovation and strategy nucleus, focused on advancing AI and cybersecurity capabilities. It also has plans for expansion into Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, with targeted AI transformations in manufacturing.
On the industry front, Agents Stack is focused on sectors where digital transformation is both overdue and essential. This includes manufacturing (with a strong focus on FMCG and textiles), critical infrastructure, utilities (power, water, and transmission), banking, and telecom. The company is also supporting large-scale government-led transformation projects in India, including grassroots workforce mobilization for smart infrastructures. By embedding high-agility teams into these traditionally slow sectors, Agents Stack is driving transformation from within.
Proactive Cybersecurity for a Reactive World
As Agents Stack carves its niche by spearheading transformations, it also distinguishes itself through its proprietary cybersecurity offerings, most notably Lurelock Lock honeypots and AI-driven SOC enhancements. Lure Lock operates as an intelligent deception framework that mimics valuable digital assets to lure, trap, and analyze attackers in real time, offering insights into evolving threats without risking core systems. This is further strengthened by AI-driven SOC upgrades that automate detection, triage, and response across vast, complex environments. Together, they create a layered and proactive defense system for legacy industries.
While Aanchal acknowledges that true “secure-by-design” architectures remain aspirational, Agents Stack pushes security to the data layer, focusing not on checkbox compliance, but on real, measurable outcomes. Whether data resides on-premise or in the cloud, the company aims to secure the core operational stack: man, method, machine, and material. The unified visibility and control across these layers help organizations rethink cybersecurity, making Agents Stack a preferred partner to businesses.
Rewiring ESG: Making Emissions Measurable and Actionable
As Agents Stack’s AI Agents help it carve a niche in cybersecurity, its ESG Agents redefine how companies approach Scope 3 emissions and materiality assessments. Unlike most sustainability platforms that offer dashboards without first solving the data gap, Agents Stack begins by digitizing the value chain, mapping suppliers across manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure sectors. These industries often lack existing data platforms. Once foundational data is in place, the team layers in climate risk frameworks and builds AI agents that identify inefficiencies in water, fuel, electricity, and machine usage, which translates operational waste into measurable emissions data.
As innovative as this technology is, it’s heavily experience-driven and execution-led, shaped by firsthand work with large-scale FMCG brands and government-scale infrastructure projects. Rather than selling generic ESG tools, they co-create industry-specific agents that align with how factories, supply chains, and frontline teams function. By connecting man, method, machine, and material into a single data ecosystem, their AI agents surface actionable insights that lead to circularity and reduce emissions.
The Architect of Agents Stack
“We’re not building just for scale, we’re building with purpose, where integrity leads, and every line of code serves a larger purpose,” Aanchal Gupta
At the heart of Agents Stack’s bold and innovative journey is Aanchal Gupta, whose vision and leadership are grounded in efficiency, governance, and integrity. While her career is rooted in tech and cybersecurity, she brings the mindset of a CFO to every decision, carefully balancing innovation with financial discipline. She believes real impact doesn’t come from unchecked ambition, but from purpose-driven execution.
Beyond that, Aanchal has a passion for nurturing young talent and creating a workplace driven by humility, integrity, and collaboration. She has made mentorship a cornerstone of the company culture, actively bringing in interns and early-career professionals and pairing them with experienced mentors from a leadership team that mirrors her values. This helps in structuring a fast-moving, cohesive culture where innovation thrives not in silos, but through shared purpose. The people-first approach also sets it apart from many in Asia’s AI and cybersecurity frontier.
Agents Stack’s culture is deeply rooted in collaboration and driven by shared leadership and vision. Aanchal brings a hands-on support-first approach and is supported by her highly experienced team of board members. These individuals are founders and top performers in their domains. What makes it special is that the culture thrives on collective intelligence. “Agents Stack’s vision may have been co-written by two, but its execution is a combination of many voices, each bringing unique global experience and functional depth,” reveals Aanchal. This decentralized leadership model keeps the team nimble and aligned on outcomes.
What keeps this team running the engine is their shared language of efficiency, integrity, and purpose. For instance, the team’s philosophy on ESG is that they treat it not as an obligation but as an operational and resource efficiency that drives real climate impact. While net-zero targets globally stretch to 2040 or 2050, the Agents Stack team believes in a sharper, faster ambition: 2030. By embedding ESG goals within the operational DNA of client ecosystems, the team is compelling industries to rethink what’s possible.
A Legacy of Innovation with Intent
Agents Stack hasn’t come a long way since its inception, but it’s definitely the culmination of a long-held dream – one that Aanchal sought to pursue with clarity and purpose. Despite having countless offers and comfortable paths before her, she chose to build something from the ground up, assembling a world-class team aligned with her values of integrity, passion, and governance. In its short stint, the company has grown into a trusted transformation partner for critical sectors and governments, leveraging AI, security, and sustainability as core tenets.
But Aanchal’s vision stretches far beyond enterprise transformation. From reimagining healthcare through AI and metabolic-lifestyle alignment, to mentoring young talent from school-age, her mission is deeply human-centric. She’s actively incubating new verticals under the Agents Stack umbrella, including preventative health, renewable energy, and education reform. Most notably, she’s challenging the traditional student journey, believing that AI can unlock new pathways beyond schools and universities. With a sharp eye on global shifts and a heart rooted in service, Aanchal is building a legacy of purposeful, scalable impact.
Name: Aanchal Gupta
Designation: Founder
Website : https://agentsstack.com/
Email: aanchalgupta@agentsstack.com
Phone: +6591292074
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