agentic
Americanadjective
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Digital Technology. (of artificial intelligence) capable of acting independently to accomplish a goal or task; acting like a human agent.
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(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.
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(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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An Uber executive said by March, the company had blown through its annual budget for agentic, or autonomous, AI use.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Intel shares jumped 20% in April after the company reported that quarterly sales in its data center segment, driven largely by CPUs for agentic AI, had surged to $5.1 billion, beating Wall Street expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Headlines warn that agentic AI is breaking the SaaS business model, lowering software valuations and making entire categories of enterprise tools obsolete.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
An agentic version of Siri could boost 2030 revenue by as much as $65 billion, Wamsi and his team estimated, adding up to $2 billion in incremental earnings over the next four years.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
She clearly wants to try to determine her own identity in an agentic manner versus accepting one that’s forced upon her by a patriarchal society.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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