7 ways Agentic AI reached the enterprise inflection point – and what comes next

By Sachin Panicker, Chief AI Officer, Fulcrum Digital

We are at a watershed moment for what we now call agentic AI. No longer confined to narrow support tools or contextual copilots, the most advanced systems are beginning to demonstrate genuine autonomy — planning, executing, and adapting with minimal human guidance. This shift has not been driven by a single algorithm or model, but by an industry-wide inflection point enabled by more capable foundational models, robust orchestration frameworks, and growing enterprise appetite to embed decision-capable agents into core operations.

What is emerging is not just smarter automation, but a new operational paradigm: one where AI agents can own outcomes, not merely assist with tasks.

1. From Copilots to Autonomous Operators
Over the past few years, many organisations experimented with AI agents as copilots — assisting with writing, summarising, or ideation. Today, we are seeing the first wave of “true agents ...