No Errors, No Alerts, No Clue: The Hidden Crisis in Agentic AI

Wednesday 6th May 2026, 6:30 pm.

Speaker: Gomathi Ramalingam, Director Product and Quality Engineering, SIMBA Chain Ltd.

Venue: Computershare Limited, Edinburgh House, 4 North St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh EH2 1HJ

Refreshments and networking from 6:00 pm.

This event is free of charge and open to all, though registration is required - you may not get past venue security if you do not register in advance.

Registration link coming soon.

Synopsis

When agentic AI works, it's extraordinary. When it fails, it often looks like it's still working. No errors. No alerts. No clue. Gomathi shares first-hand stories of autonomous agents that created their own failure conditions, bypassed security silently, and compounded small mistakes across multi-agent pipelines and this all while reporting clean traces. This talk explores why agents amplify unknown unknowns in ways traditional software can't, and what you can practically do about it - probing reasoning traces, adversarial testing and building the habit of questioning what looks obvious. You will leave with a framework for discovering the failures your dashboards won't show you.

About the speaker

Gomathi Ramalingam has spent over 20 years asking the question that matters most in software: "How do we know this actually works?" As Director of Product and Quality Engineering at SIMBA Chain, she leads delivery for blockchain solutions including NFT marketplaces and Digital Product Passports, while driving the adoption of agentic AI and LLMs across products, testing, and workflows. Her career spans financial services, eCommerce, healthcare and retail, from a developer to a BA to a test analyst to directing global cross-functional teams. She believes the best quality engineering starts with the courage to question what everyone else assumes is working. She's an international speaker and committee member with BCS SIGiST and BCS Cheltenham & Gloucester, and a community voice in Women in Blockchain Talks. Outside of work, you'll find her running marathons or chasing her next travel adventure.