Di Future of Business Processes Wey AI Dey Power
Every platform revolution, dem dey dismiss am di same way for beginning. Somebody go reduce am to im smallest part and declare say e no special. Cloud na just another person computer. Smartphone na just phone wey get apps. Agentic AI na just wrapper around one model. Di reduction always dey true for technical side but e dey blind for strategy side, because revolutions no dey about di part. Dem dey about wetin di part dey make everybody stop to dey own.
Wetin Cloud Really Do
Cloud do three things wey matter for understanding agents. E turn capital asset to rented service, so to own infrastructure come be cost instead of advantage. E standardize interfaces, so workloads come portable and one whole industry fit build on top common ground. And e change di cost meter from capital expense to operating expense, wey reshape how companies dey budget and scale. None of dem na about di server. All of dem na about di shift for wetin you gats own to compete.
Wetin Agentic AI Dey Do
Agentic AI dey run di same three plays for different layer. E dey turn executed work to rented capability, so agent go complete task wey before need person wey dey collect salary. E dey standardize interfaces through Model Context Protocol for tools and Agent to Agent protocol for collaboration, both of dem now dey hosted for Linux Foundation with fast adoption through early 2026. And e dey move di cost meter from people toward consumption and outcomes, vendors dem expect to drop pure per seat pricing by 2028. Di layer na new one. Di structure of di revolution na familiar one.
Di One Difference Wey Matter
One difference dey wey dis parallel no fit hide. Server na deterministic. Agent dey use judgment, and judgment dey bring failure mode wey cloud never get before. Na why governance no be optional overhead. Na di price of admission. Di same Gartner research wey project rapid adoption also project say more than forty percent of agentic AI projects go cancel by end of 2027. Di revolution and di wreckage na di same event wey dem dey see from two angles.
One Comparison Framework
Compare di two ways wey companies meet cloud, because agents go repeat dem. Di renters move dia existing systems enter cloud without change and dem surprise when di bill rise and di benefits no rise. Di rebuilders redesign around elasticity and capture one decade of advantage. Agents dey present di identical fork. You fit point agents at your current processes and call am transformation, or you fit rebuild di process around wetin agents dey make cheap. Di first one na press release. Di second na di revolution.
Di Strategic Close
If you believe say agentic AI na di next cloud, den di lesson of di last cloud na di one wey matter. Di winners no be di earliest adopters. Na di deepest rebuilders, di ones wey treat di new primitive as reason to redesign instead of feature to bolt on. Di same go true for here, and di companies wey still dey treat agents as wrapper go spend di next decade dey learn wetin di cloud renters don already learn.
Which lesson from your own cloud journey apply pass directly to how you dey approach agents today?
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Na LinkedIn dem first publish am by Keshavan Thiagaraja. Read di original for LinkedIn. [1]