September 2026
Intermediate
31m
English
video
Beyond the Book: Babak Hodjat and Antoine Blondeau on The Agentic Enterprise
by Vicki Reyzelman, Babak Hodjat, Antoine Blondeau
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
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 Intelligence 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.
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 recording of a 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.
Recommended follow-up:
- Read The Agentic Enterprise (book)
- Watch From Individual Agents to Multi-Agent Enterprise Ecosystems (event video)
- Watch CTO Hour with Peter Bell: Engineering Metrics for Agentic Development Teams (event video)
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