Agentic AI requires a strong data foundation built upon cloud-like scalability, a unified metadata model, and harmonized data and business process logic.
Agentic automation is expected to become a reality within the next decade and will require a reinvention of the software stack.
The enterprise software stack is changing, and there is a shift from control at the database layer toward the governance catalog using operational metadata.
To achieve true automation in agentic AI, it's crucial to have harmonized process logic that enables agents to communicate across the entire customer journey.
The future of agentic AI will involve harmonizing end-to-end business processes to ensure that agents and humans collaborate effectively and share a common understanding.
Data platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks, organizations such as Palantir and Salesforce, and vendors like Google, Microsoft, and UiPath Inc. are leading the way to agentic automation.
The process of achieving agentic automation involves creating new infrastructure layers, incorporating genuine harmonization, and avoiding the trap of superficial bolt-ons.
Achieving the vision of agentic automation will take time, persistence, and focusing on the pieces that do not yet exist in the enterprise software stack.
The opportunity is to reinvent the application stack and not perpetuate the status quo by bolting agents onto existing legacy architectures.
The agentic future that delivers a 10x productivity gain hinges on harmonizing end-to-end business processes and ensuring that agents and humans collaborate effectively and share a common understanding.