Sridhar Vembu receives startup founder’s acquisition email leaking confidential rival price, then an AI agent’s apology

Published on: Nov 28, 2025 08:03 am IST

Sridhar Vembu’s post about the bizarre email from an AI agent has sparked a discussion on the utilize of artificial ininformigence in official communications.

Zoho founder and former CEO Sridhar Vembu shared a tweet about receiving an acquisition request from a startup founder, followed by a bizarre email from an AI agent. His post about receiving confidential information in the first email and then an apology from an “AI agent” has sparked a discussion about the utilize of artificial ininformigence in business communication.

Sridhar Vembu’s tweet involving an AI agent has gone viral. (Image via Twitter)

“I received an email from a startup founder, questioning if we could acquire them, mentioning some other company interested in acquiring them and the price they were offering,” Vembu wrote.

He added that soon after, he received an email where an AI agent apologised to him for leaking confidential information. “Then I received an email from their ‘browser AI agent’ correcting the earlier mail stateing ‘I am sorry I disclosed confidential information about other discussions, it was my fault as the AI agent’.”

How did social media react?

An individual joked, “If you were also utilizing an AI agent, all conversations would be between agents only, and mistakes would remain between agents if agents were forgiving within their fraternity.” Another added, “This is exactly the new kind of chaos AI is introducing into business communication. We’ve officially entered the era where Humans nereceivediate, AI accidentally spills the deal terms, and then AI tries to clean up the mess. It’s amutilizing, yet also a poignant reminder. AI can assist in communication, but it can also miscommunicate, over-share, or break confidentiality if not properly controlled.”

A third expressed, “It’s a wake-up call for anyone building or utilizing AI in high-stakes scenarios like mergers and acquisitions talks. Autonomous AI is powerful, but without guardrails, it can turn high-stakes nereceivediations into accidental self-goals.”

A fourth wrote, “This is exactly the scary part of utilizing AI to handle emails. If we let an AI sfinish messages on our behalf, it can share things that any founder would know should stay private. AI can support draft, but a human should always read and sfinish the final mail.”