Organizational leaders are constantly looking for ways to use AI to transform operations. Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that operate with a certain degree of autonomy. It can perceive, reason, and take actions toward specific goals without constant human intervention. 

Traditional AI typically responds to direct inputs or follows predefined rules set by a user.  Agentic AI systems are designed to set and pursue objectives, adapt to changing environments, make decisions based on context, and learn from outcomes to improve over time. In other words, it’s smarter.  

Why Agentic AI is a Good Thing

With an increase in adaptability and autonomy of AI systems, people are free to focus on higher-value work. When we remove monotonous or time-consuming tasks, people can exercise their creativity and work on tasks that drive business value.  

These systems can handle repetitive and time-consuming tasks and can analyze context, make informed decisions, and learn from outcomes. These abilities lead to smarter and faster responses in rapidly changing work environments.  

It continuously improves over time, adapting to new data and evolving conditions. Ultimately, agentic AI extends the capabilities of human teams (not replace them), helping organizations scale their impact, increase efficiency, and unlock new levels of innovation. 

This is applicable in a variety of fields and verticals. Let’s analyze a few industries in which agentic AI is making an impact.  

Agentic AI in Healthcare  

Agentic AI systems are being used to automatically detect, diagnose, and resolve IT issues in healthcare environments. This can help reduce downtime and ensure critical systems stay online (a must for healthcare). AI agents can handle up to 40% of IT workloads, including patch management and system updates, without human intervention. 

Additionally, agentic AI tools assist doctors and clinicians by analyzing patient data in real time, identifying potential diagnoses, and recommending personalized treatment plans. These systems adapt to new data and clinical guidelines, helping improve accuracy and reduce diagnostic delays. 

AI has significantly impacted the healthcare field. With packed ER waiting rooms and long specialty waitlists, reducing downtime in healthcare is necessary. It will be interesting to see how healthcare continues to adopt AI and how it will further help patients.  

Agentic AI in Accounting  

Agentic AI systems can automatically map and maintain a chart of accounts across multiple entities by analyzing naming patterns, historical data, and organizational structures. When changes occur upstream, the AI flags discrepancies and suggests updates.  

At Capital Area Food Bank, an AI-powered system scans physical mail, extracts text using OCR, summarizes it with a language model, and creates actionable tickets in Jira. This workflow saves hours of manual sorting and response time and makes a tedious process streamlined.  

Agentic AI in Software Development  

Tools like Devin and GitHub Copilot can generate, debug, and execute code to achieve specific goals. For example, Devin can take a high-level task like “build a to-do app,” break it into subtasks, write the code, test it, and deploy it with minimal human interference. 

Agentic AI is also being used by insurers and banks to automatically convert legacy codebases (e.g., COBOL to Java), reducing the time, cost, and risk of manual rewrites. These agents understand the structure and logic of old systems and generate modern equivalents  

Conclusion

Human ambition + agentic AI often is a recipe for success. When AI is used correctly, human potential expands. If you are looking for AI Solutions, we can help. Fill out the form at the bottom of the page if you’re looking for transformative AI solutions.

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