Beyond the Book: Babak Hodjat and Antoine Blondeau on The Agentic Enterprise

Event description

Agentic AI is quickly moving from experimentation to enterprise adoption, but turning its promise into production requires more than the latest models. Organizations must navigate questions around governance, interoperability, security, vendor lock-in, and long-term scalability, while identifying where agentic AI can deliver real business value.

Join Babak Hodjat of Cognizant and Antoine Blondeau of Alpha Capital for a discussion of the ideas behind their new book, The Agentic Enterprise, and a practical look at what it takes to successfully adopt and scale agentic AI in the enterprise. Drawing on their experience building AI systems and advising technology leaders, they’ll share frameworks for evaluating organizational readiness, making smart architectural decisions, managing risk, and preparing for the future of multi-agent systems.

Whether you’re a CxO, VP, director, architect, or engineering leader responsible for shaping your organization’s AI strategy, you’ll leave with practical guidance you can apply immediately.

Join us each month for Beyond the Book, a live series hosted by Vicki Reyzelman, featuring in-depth conversations with the authors shaping technology today. From AI and data science to software architecture, cybersecurity, leadership, and beyond, each episode explores the ideas behind the latest books and the real-world challenges that inspired them. Stay ahead of industry shifts and get a glimpse into the thinking driving today’s most influential technology books with a front-row seat to these thoughtful discussions.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

• Understand what agentic AI is and when it creates real business value
• Determine whether your organization is ready for agentic AI, and identify use cases
• Make smart build-versus-buy decisions, and avoid lock-in

This live event is for you because…

• You’re a CxO, VP, director, or engineering leader tasked with evaluating, implementing, and scaling AI systems.
• You want to go beyond the words on the page and ask your own questions.

Prerequisites

• Come with your questions for Babak Hodjat and Antoine Blondeau
• Read The Agentic Enterprise (book)
• Have a pen and paper handy to capture notes, insights, and inspiration