#agentic-ai · 3 essays
Agentic AI — Everyone Has Agents, Almost Nobody Has Production
Agents are the fastest-adopted technology I have watched inside enterprises — and among the least deployed. Business units build them at hackathons, demo them monthly, and then they stall at IT, waiting for data access nobody designed. These essays map that gap and the infrastructure that closes it.
Start with Everyone Has AI Agents. Almost Nobody Has Them in Production., then the access layer essay for why direct database access fails, and the paved road for what IT should publish instead of a queue.
Your AI Agents Are Stalled at IT — The Access Layer Nobody Built
Your tier model is published, but agents have nothing to connect to. Why direct database access fails, and how a thin, governed access layer fixes it.
The Hackathon-to-Production Gap — A Paved Road for the AI Agents Your Business Units Already Built
Business units built AI agents at a hackathon. Now they're stalled at IT. Why the fix is a paved road: tiered access, published SLAs, and real dates.
Everyone Has AI Agents. Almost Nobody Has Them in Production.
Most enterprises have adopted AI agents. Few run one in production — and Gartner expects 40% of agentic projects canceled by 2027. Mind the gap.