agentic

American  

[uh-jent-ik, ay-] / əˈdʒɛnt ɪk, eɪ- /

adjective

1. Digital Technology. (of artificial intelligence) capable of acting independently to accomplish a goal or task; acting like a human agent.

2. (of a person) focused on one's own goals and acting independently to set and achieve them, as opposed to seeking or accepting direction, serving the goals of others, etc.

3. (of a process or activity) allowing participants to make their own judgments and decisions and work independently to achieve a goal.

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Other Word Forms

• non-agentic
  adjective
• agentically
  adverb

Example Sentences

Recognizing that human engineers cannot patch at machine speed, Visa developed the Visa Vulnerability Agentic Harness, or VVAH, to test its own systems against frontier models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“With the industry focused on inference to deliver Agentic AI solutions, we see Cerebras well-positioned as the industry leader in “fast inference,” wrote Mizuho’s Rakesh.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“With the industry focused on inference to deliver Agentic AI solutions, we see Cerebras well-positioned as the industry leader in “fast inference,” wrote Mizuho’s Rakesh.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The company said that Agentforce is now powering “every Customer 360 application and helping tens of thousands of businesses across every industry transform into Agentic Enterprises.”

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Agentic systems are those in which artificial-intelligence software can work autonomously on a user’s computer to carry out a variety of tasks, including writing software and analyzing data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026