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Agentic AI Is Reshaping How Big Companies Work

Executives are deploying autonomous agents to run end‑to‑end tasks under human oversight to boost productivity and require clearer measures of business value.

Overview

  • Reports published on Monday show major firms such as Magazine Luiza, Bradesco and Roche have moved pilots into scaled use and recorded measurable efficiency gains in customer chats, document review and engineering tasks.
  • Consultancies estimate large upside — McKinsey projects agentic systems could create about US$450 billion in value by 2028 through revenue growth and cost cuts.
  • Independent analyses warn most generative‑AI projects fail to deliver measurable returns with a MIT NANDA finding that 95% show no clear gain and Gartner predicting many agentic projects will be canceled for cost or weak risk controls.
  • Vendors and engineering teams are responding with disciplined methods, fixed‑scope contracts and decision‑grade monitoring to lock accountability and demonstrate payback within months.
  • Executives say scaling agents requires reorganizing work, retraining staff and tighter data governance because fragmented systems, poor data quality and unclear access controls are the main barriers to reliable, auditable AI outcomes.