Agentic AI and the Next Phase of Artificial Intelligence

Have you seen those AI-generated images online? The ones where you take a photo of yourself and turn it into a cartoon or a dog?

Generative AI continues to make headlines as ChatGPT, Bard, and more grow. We’re more aware of the advancements artificial intelligence is bringing to society. And we’re probably wondering –

What’s the next phase of AI?

Are we going to get Jarvis or Friday, akin to Iron Man? Maybe we’ll get our own R2-D2s to follow us around!

Well, we’re close to that – it’s called agentic AI.

What is Agentic AI?

Agentic AI is the transformative leap that enables AI to go beyond answering questions or making fun presentations. It’s your proactive, goal-driven, intelligent assistant that takes actions autonomously.

Agentic AI independently pursues goals by learning, making decisions, taking actions, and adapting to context. All this is done without human intervention, and agentic AI can overcome obstacles as they arise.

Think of agentic AI like your own personal Jarvis/Friday (although maybe not quite as cool and advanced). Imagine Tony Stark wants two comedy movie tickets on a Friday night with comfortable seats, and he wants to get dinner with Pepper nearby before the show.

He says, “Jarvis/Friday (agentic AI), get me tickets to that one show at [location] and dinner, too.” Jarvis/Friday would proceed to plan the full movie evening – picking the movie and seats, finding alternatives if the movie is sold out, booking tickets and making dinner reservations, and adding the event to your calendar. And it’s all done with your preferences and existing schedule in mind!

Generative AI versus Agentic AI

Now that you’ve got a slightly deeper understanding of agentic AI, let’s understand the difference between generative AI and agentic AI.

What does generative AI do, exactly? It starts mostly with creating new data based on patterns learned from existing data. This can be applied to content generation and data transformation. Generative AI can reshape, summarize, or enhance data to make it AI-ready so that it’s cleaner, more structured, and better suited for downstream tasks like analysis or automation. In a content generation in the sense, you can build any type of content – blogs, white papers, PowerPoint presentations, etc. Essentially, generative AI is great for single-turn tasks. It’s reactive and operates within a bounded context.

  • You type a question in ChatGPT, and it gives you an answer.
  • You ask Adobe Firefly to edit away a cellphone in someone’s hand, and it replaces the phone with a normal hand (or sometimes, a random finger).
  • You turn on Microsoft Copilot during team meetings to take notes, and it sends you all your follow-up tasks after the meeting.

 

Agentic AI, on the other hand, is autonomous and goal oriented. It doesn’t just stop at output generation. For example, in procurement, the agentic AI system can identify low-inventory items, evaluate vendors, negotiate pricing using preset parameters, and trigger reorders – without human intervention.

Agentic AI in Your Department

So, we’ve given you a small example of what agentic AI can do for procurement (and we’ll give you one more). But what about other departments?

  • Procurement: Agentic AI can monitor supplier performance, predict shortages, initiate orders, and handle contract renewals with minimal oversight. This leads to more agile and resilient supply chains.
  • IT: In IT operations, agentic AI agents can monitor systems 24/7, detect anomalies, launch diagnostics, implement fixes, and escalate only when necessary – reducing downtime and alert fatigue.
  • Legal: Legal departments can use agentic AI to review contracts, flag compliance risks, and even draft NDAs or licensing agreements while following jurisdiction-specific rules.
  • Customer Support: In customer support, Agentic AI handles ticket triage, automates responses across channels, and escalates only when needed, which leads to faster resolutions and 24/7 service. It also captures real-time feedback to continuously improve customer experience and team performance.
  • Sales: Agentic AI empowers sales teams by autonomously prioritizing leads, personalizing outreach, and accelerating deal cycles. This frees reps to focus on closing, not admin. From pipeline nurturing to quote generation, AI agents help move prospects from interest to contract with speed and precision.

 

Infuse Artificial Intelligence with CloudMoyo Solutions

AI is evolving and it’s time to infuse AI into your business operations. There’s a fundamental shift towards AI to maintain a competitive edge.

Companies need to move from reactive actions to proactive execution. Consumers expect hyper-personalized service in record time, while businesses seek to reduce manual oversight to focus on greater strategic goals.

According to research by McKinsey, generative AI could add the equivalent of $2.6-$4.4 trillion annually to the global economy. And it can do so while substantially increasing labor productivity.

CloudMoyo wants to support your digital transformation journey, infusing intelligence into operations with our portfolio of AI solutions.

Data Democratization

Our data modernization services build a solid foundation for artificial intelligence.

  • Legacy Migration: Enable cloud-native flexibility.
  • Real-time Analytics: Deliver instant, actionable insights from live data streams to drive faster, smarter decision-making.
  • Data Integration: Consolidate and manage structured and unstructured data efficiently.
  • Governance, Compliance, Quality, & Master Data Management: Ensure that trusted, accurate, and compliant data is consistently available to drive reliable decision-making.
  • Talent Storage & Change Management: Upskill employees in the latest advanced data skills through training.
  • Self-Service BI: Democratize insights and turn data into action.

 

Generative AI

CloudMoyo engineering teams have built several custom generative AI solutions for data, contract lifecycle management, and team management.

  • CloudMoyo Migration Assistant (CMA): Use generative AI to quickly and seamlessly migrate reports from Tableau to Power BI. CMA utilizes AI-driven understanding to translate rules, logic, and hierarchy and preserves business meaning. Its end-to-end automation maps data sources, rebuilds ETL processes, and reassembles dashboards for the same look and feel (as previous ones).
  • CrewWise: Manage [railroad] crew operations smartly with an AI assistant. While this solution isn’t new, we’ve incorporated our own AI copilot to enhance crew operations that make the process easier and more efficient for crew management officers.

 

Agentic AI

As agentic AI rises, CloudMoyo has worked on custom agentic AI solutions to help business work smartly.

  • IntelliDoc Analyze: Extract, summarize, and deliver insights from complex documents that transforms the way you manage information.
  • KPIVerse: Converse and visualize KPIs with this generative AI-based analytics platform.
  • Document Redlining: AI-led analysis for smarter, faster, and safer collaboration.
  • RFP Response Automation (on Azure OpenAI): Tap into more business opportunities by automating the RFP response process.

 

The Time to Transform with Artificial Intelligence is Now

In a world where speed, adaptability, and autonomy are the expectation, AI has shifted from passive insights to autonomous execution.

By 2026, 80% of enterprises will have used generative AI APIs or deployed generative AI-enabled applications. That number is probably even higher as employees use public AI tools to streamline their own work!

The time to transform with artificial intelligence is now. There’s huge revenue opportunity, improved speed to market, and efficiency gains. To be a leader, you need a clear and compelling generative AI strategy that transforms foundational workflows and operations.

CloudMoyo’s AI expertise is decades-old, with teams that have worked across diverse tech stacks. Our AI framework is expansive, and we strive to continue learning about the latest advancements in technology.

If you want to infuse AI into your business operations, get in touch with our experts!

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And if you’re not convinced, check out this case study where we used CloudMoyo IntelliDoc Analyze to test document analysis and data extraction capabilities.

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