09x09: AI Gets Personal with Agents Acting on Our Behalf
Mon Nov 24 2025
Agentic AI is an autonomous system that learns, adapts, and uses tools on the behalf of its users. This final episode of Season 9 of Utilizing Tech brings hosts Stephen Foskett, Frederic Van Haren, and Guy Currier together to reflect on the lessons we've learned over the last few months. AI keeps advancing incredibly rapidly, and we timed this season with the emergence of practical agentic AI platforms, AI Field Day 7, and a report on enterprise AI from The Futurum Group. During the conversation, the panel references Kamiwaza, Articul8, ApertureData, NetApp, Perplexity, OpenAI, and more. Agents have to be personal, focused yet flexible, and capable of integrating with each other, data, and tools. We also discussed the need for platforms, with companies like OpenAI and Microsoft positioning themselves to be the platform for AI applications even as enterprise software companies like ServiceNow and Salesforce are trying to do the same. We also have many companies developing platforms for orchestration and operation of AI, and data platforms designed to support agents. Ultimately, agentic AI will be a core capability of next-generation applications, with autonomous agents interacting with tools and helping us perform daily tasks.
Hosts:
Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series
Frederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc.
Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group.
For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.
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Agentic AI is an autonomous system that learns, adapts, and uses tools on the behalf of its users. This final episode of Season 9 of Utilizing Tech brings hosts Stephen Foskett, Frederic Van Haren, and Guy Currier together to reflect on the lessons we've learned over the last few months. AI keeps advancing incredibly rapidly, and we timed this season with the emergence of practical agentic AI platforms, AI Field Day 7, and a report on enterprise AI from The Futurum Group. During the conversation, the panel references Kamiwaza, Articul8, ApertureData, NetApp, Perplexity, OpenAI, and more. Agents have to be personal, focused yet flexible, and capable of integrating with each other, data, and tools. We also discussed the need for platforms, with companies like OpenAI and Microsoft positioning themselves to be the platform for AI applications even as enterprise software companies like ServiceNow and Salesforce are trying to do the same. We also have many companies developing platforms for orchestration and operation of AI, and data platforms designed to support agents. Ultimately, agentic AI will be a core capability of next-generation applications, with autonomous agents interacting with tools and helping us perform daily tasks. Hosts: Stephen Foskett, President of the Tech Field Day Business Unit and Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series Frederic Van Haren, Founder and CTO of HighFens, Inc. Guy Currier, Chief Analyst at Visible Impact, The Futurum Group. For more episodes of Utilizing Tech, head to the dedicated website and follow the show on X/Twitter, on Bluesky, and on Mastodon.