If you read my last post, you know the raw intelligence of AI just took a massive leap forward.
But here is the hard truth: Raw intelligence is useless if it sits in a chat box waiting for you to type.
For the last two years, we’ve been stuck in the "Chatbot Era." You ask a question, it gives an answer, and you do the actual work. It’s like having a genius sitting next to you who refuses to touch the keyboard.
That era is ending.
The real shift happening right now isn't about smarter models it's about "Agentic AI."
The Difference Explained
Think of it like this:
The Chatbot (Old Way): You paste a messy data set and ask, "How do I format this?" The AI tells you the Excel formula. You go back to Excel, type it in, and fix the errors yourself.
The Agent (New Way): You give the AI access to the file and say, "Clean this data and email me the summary." The AI opens the file, writes the code to fix it, executes the code, and hits send.
Why is this happening now? The big players see the writing on the wall. Just this week, we saw massive moves from companies like Accenture and OpenAI signing deals to deploy these "agents" into the enterprise. They aren't buying tools to help people work; they are buying tools to do the work.
Frameworks like Cosmos are gaining traction because they allow AI to reason across multiple steps planning, critiquing, and executing without you holding its hand.
What This Means For You
We are moving from "AI as a Co-pilot" to "AI as an Intern."
This changes the unit of value. The value isn't in the prompt anymore; it's in the workflow.
If you are building a business or managing a team, you need to stop asking:
"How can AI write this email for me?"
And start asking:
"What entire workflow can I hand off to an AI agent?"
The companies that figure this out in 2026 won't just be faster. They will operate with a fundamentally different cost structure. They won't need a team of junior analysts to scrub data; they will have a fleet of agents running 24/7.
Your Move for This Week
I want you to audit your to-do list.
Don't look for "creative" work. Look for the "logic loops." Look for tasks that require following a set of rules but take up valuable time researching leads, formatting reports, scheduling across time zones.
These are your Agent Candidates.
Start testing the "Agent" features in tools like Cursor or Replit, or even the new capabilities in Gemini 3. Try to fire yourself from one complete task this week.
To the future,
Darshan Ahirrao, Velocity
