** Shares of tax-preparation software co Intuit INTU.O rise 4.8% to $378.78 in premarket trading
** Intuit partners with Anthropic to bring custom AI agents to mid-sized businesses on the Intuit platform
** The partnership will allow businesses to build and deploy secure AI agents engineered for compliant workflows
** INTU is scheduled to report results on Thursday
** Up to last close, stock had fallen about 45% YTD
(Reporting by Kritika Lamba in Bengaluru)
((Kritika.Lamba@thomsonreuters.com))