PodChats for FutureCIO: Accelerating agentic AI adoption in 2026
FutureCIO, Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Gartner predicts up to 40% of enterprise applications will include integrated task-specific agents by 2026, up from less than 5% today. It posits that adding task specialisation capabilities evolves AI assistants into AI agents.
These AI agents have the capacity to operate and perform complex, end-to-end tasks.
In 2026, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong stand at a pivotal moment in the integration of agentic AI, a technology that empowers machines to make autonomous decisions.
While organisations can harness agentic AI to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences, they also face significant challenges, including ethical concerns and workforce displacement.