# From signals to systemic risk: Building Risk AI

DevFeed: [From signals to systemic risk: Building Risk AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-signals-to-systemic-risk-building-risk-ai-2312.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/systemic-risk-ai-agents-datadog/>)

Author: Jaclyn Verga

Published: 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-security.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [devsecops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devsecops.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [reasoning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reasoning.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

Datadog describes a risk-detection pipeline and AI agents that correlate security signals to identify and prioritize systemic risk. Deterministic detection is combined with AI-assisted investigation, with security practitioners validating findings and retaining ownership of next steps.

## Source excerpt

Datadog's Risk Engineering team built a Systemic Risk Detection Pipeline and Risk AI Agents to identify, contextualize, and prioritize systemic risks.