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How to Design, Collaborate, and Thrive with Agentic AI
Understand the frameworks and mindsets powering the future of AI and how to build your role around them.
Some weeks ago, I felt I’d cracked the code on generative AI; using ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude for code and creative ideas like never before.
Prompting like a pro felt like an unfair advantage, as if being pretty on top of this AI wave.
Then, the ground started shifting.
Again.
Whispers of “agentic AI” grew into a roar. Suddenly, it wasn’t just about AI responding anymore. It was about AI acting, perceiving, planning, and executing complex tasks with an autonomy that made my slickest prompts feel like step one of a much bigger game.
It felt a bit like when I first faced my focus crisis. That sense of “just when I thought I had it, the rules changed.”
My overwhelm grew with my inbox filling with articles about AI agents outperforming humans (thanks, Stanford AI Index 2025!), and a deep curiosity to understand this new paradigm felt immense.
So, I dove in. I decided to demystify “agentic” for myself, to understand the design patterns, and figure out what this could mean for founders, product managers…
