agentic

[uh-jent-ik, ay-]

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.

Other Word Forms

• agentically adverb
• non-agentic adjective

Example Sentences

“By partnering with OpenAI and adopting the Agentic Commerce Protocol, PayPal will power payments and commerce experiences that help people go from chat to checkout in just a few taps for our joint customer bases,” Chief Executive Alex Chriss said in a statement, referring to an open standard for online purchases facilitated with the help of artificial-intelligence agents.

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Chriss said one of the biggest challenges in agentic commerce, or online shopping that uses generative AI agents, is ensuring customers can trust the merchants they are engaging with and that merchants can be sure they are connecting with a real consumer.

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The companies said they would also jointly develop standards for agentic commerce, and advocate for the adoption of best practices.

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“Anthropic is laser-focused on these agentic enterprise use cases and they’re playing a very competitive game with OpenAI right now,” said Rayan Krishnan, a co-founder of Vals.

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Microsoft Edge’s Copilot Mode now performs agentic “actions,” albeit more limited than the others.

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