What Agentic AI Actually Means and What Indian Enterprises Should Know

ChatGPT was the demo; then Agentic AI is the deployment. We are entering a new phase of artificial intelligence where AI systems don't just respond to prompts but act autonomously toward goals, over time, with context and memory.

- Abhishek Anand

They can browse the web, manage calendars, write code, run API calls, and even trigger downstream workflows.

This is not science fiction. It's the Agentic AI era, and it's unfolding fast—led by OpenAI's launch of ChatGPT Agents and similar developments across Salesforce, Microsoft, and AWS.

For Indian enterprises, especially CIOs and business leaders, the question is no longer if Agentic AI will impact business operations but how soon you can safely and effectively integrate it.

What is Agentic AI? Agentic AI refers to systems that possess autonomy, context awareness, planning capabilities, and the ability to act on behalf of users without constant supervision. Unlike traditional AI models that operate in isolation, agents can:

Think of them not as tools but as digital employees—capable of initiating actions, managing tasks, and learning from outcomes.

Examples of Agentic AI in Action