A few weeks back, I shared my early take on Agentic AI and why it matters. At the time, it felt like I was seeing around corners. This week confirmed it: Agentic AI isn’t just coming. It’s already here, and the pace of activity is dizzying.
Let’s start with security. CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform helped bring down DanaBot, not with human threat hunters, but autonomous agents acting independently—correlating data, making decisions, executing responses. That’s real-world autonomy.
At RSA 2025, Google doubled down with Gemini-driven agents integrated into its Mandiant workflow. These aren’t simple assistants—they’re orchestrating malware analysis, security triage, and response without waiting for human input.
On the developer front, Jellyfish data shows 82% of engineering teams are now working with Agentic tools, up from 50% just months ago. AWS launched Strands, a full SDK to deploy autonomous workflows at scale. Meanwhile, Google’s Firebase Studio now supports agentic flows natively via Gemini CLI.
But the ripple effects go beyond the tech stack.
Closer to home, for you VoIPWatchers, Wildix embedded Agentic AI into their UCaaS platform, automating real-time support, customer scoring, and messaging flows. Shopify rolled out dialogue-based autonomous shopping, letting customers browse and buy with an agent as their guide.
Even the marketing world is going agentic. IPG’s pilot with over 20 brands is producing double-digit sales lift through autonomous campaign generation and targeting. That’s real business impact.
In Europe, NiCE acquired Cognigy for $955M—marking the biggest agentic acquisition yet. And in India, a ServiceNow report estimates 10 million jobs will be reshaped by this tech by 2030.
But before you crown Agentic AI the king of productivity, hear this: Gartner warns 40% of projects could fail by 2027 due to poor governance, unclear ROI, and runaway expectations. The hype is real—but so is the risk.
Still, if you’re building, integrating, or adapting, you’re in the right lane. If not? Your competition already is. This isn’t a tech trend. It’s a strategy inflection point.
Catch up… or get outpaced.
Don’t miss September’s AI Agent Event, produced by the fine team at TMCnet, led by pals Rich Tehrani, Dave Rodriguez, Erik Linask and Mike Genaro and so well executed by the Queen of Events, the one and only Tasha Barbera. I’ve already booked my room to be there and plan to be up on stage moderating, speaking and sharing what’s really going on…..see you there.