Industrial AI provider IFS has acquired TheLoops, a specialist in autonomous AI agent technology. By applying TheLoops agentic capabilities in the industrial setting, IFS will offer an AI Agentic platform built specifically for industrial mission-critical assets and processes.

The acquisition will allow IFS to provide a multi-agent environment where autonomous AI agents are composable and also semantically aware of their operating environment. By embedding AI agents across its industrial suite, IFS is creating a digital workforce purpose-built for regulated, asset-intensive sectors.

Combining TheLoops AI agent platform with the IFS industry knowledge creates agents that:

• Understand the semantics of an industry and business;
• Participate in real enterprise workflows side-by-side with humans;
• Adhere to customer-defined security, data access, and compliance standards;
• Collaborate with specialised agents across integrated domains.

Mark Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, IFS, said: “The opportunity AI presents to mission-critical industries is immense, but needs to be structured around real value capture. The agentic capabilities that TheLoops provides our customers will enable them to transform their processes, operational efficiency and how they differentiate in the Moments of Service they provide their customers.” He continued: “Our customers can leverage intelligent digital teammates who understand their business from day one, agents that speak their industrial language, follow their rules, and operate securely in their workflows. With TheLoops, we’re providing a platform that makes Industrial AI agentic, actionable, and available – at scale. This is IFS extending its lead in Industrial AI.”

Somya Kapoor, CEO, TheLoops, said: “At TheLoops, our mission has always been to deliver AI that drives action, not just insight. By joining forces with IFS, we’re taking that vision to a whole new level. Together, we’re delivering AI Autonomous agents that understand the real-world complexity of industrial environments – what work needs to be done, how to do it, and how to do it securely, ethically, and at scale. This isn’t experimental; it’s transformational. I’m incredibly excited to bring this innovation to customers around the world.”