The experimentation phase of Agentic AI is over.

In this first episode of 2026, the focus shifts from smarter models to more sensible systems. Rather than predictions or hype, this episode breaks down three practical skills that will define success with Agentic AI in the year ahead.

The conversation explores why behavior design matters more than raw intelligence, how decision budgeting turns open-ended reasoning into controllable systems, and why failure literacy is becoming a critical capability for teams building agentic systems at scale.

This episode sets the tone for 2026 — moving from impressive demos to systems that are reliable, predictable, and built to endure in real environments.

At the start of 2025, the AI story felt settled.
Bigger models. More agents. Faster rollouts.

By the end of the year, the conversation had changed.

This episode reflects on what actually surfaced in production environments — behaviour over capability, failure modes over demos, trust over promises — and offers six grounded predictions for how AI will evolve in 2026.

From why AI will finally be treated as just software, to why restraint becomes the most valuable skill, to why human judgment grows more important as automation scales, this episode closes the year with clarity rather than hype.

This is the final episode of the year.
Thank you for listening, sharing, and being part of the journey.

Wishing you a calm holiday season — and a more deliberate, well-behaved AI future in 2026.

Agentic AI is moving fast. Models are changing. Tools are evolving. Standards are forming. But amid all this movement, organisations are facing a deeper question: where should they actually focus?

In this episode, we move beyond model intelligence and talk about behaviour, discipline, and system design. Why intelligence is now a baseline, not a strategy. Why trust is built in the messy edge cases, not the perfect demos. And why production-grade agentic AI requires intent, lifecycle thinking, restraint, and predictable behaviour under change.

A grounded conversation on how to think about agentic AI as an operating model, not a feature — and how organisations can navigate 2026 without chasing every new release.

In this episode, we step back and reflect on what really happened in the agentic AI space in 2025.

The year was defined by rapid model releases, evolving frameworks, and a growing ecosystem of tools promising intelligent, autonomous systems. But beneath the momentum, organisations encountered a deeper challenge: building agentic systems on foundations that were still shifting.

This episode explores how continuous model upgrades affected agent behaviour, why tooling emerged to stabilise execution rather than boost intelligence, and how coordination, interoperability, and structure became unavoidable concerns. From agent-to-agent communication and Google Antigravity to Model Context Protocol and the formation of the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, 2025 marked a shift toward standardisation and consolidation.

Most importantly, the episode reinforces a central theme of this podcast: agentic AI systems are tools, not the work itself. Building production-grade agentic AI requires engineering discipline, behavioural testing, lifecycle thinking, and the ability to design for constant change.

As we move into 2026, the key question is no longer which agent framework to adopt, but where organisations should focus when everything is still evolving. That is the question we take up in the next episode.

In this episode, we explore a quiet but profound challenge emerging across the artificial intelligence landscape: model upgrades that no longer behave like software updates. Newer versions of large language models often shift reasoning patterns, change output formats, and break carefully-designed workflows, leaving organisations struggling to maintain consistency, trust, and reproducibility.

Drawing from real-world evidence and industry research, this narrative uncovers why behaviour changes between versions are inevitable, why backward compatibility is nearly impossible, and why engineering discipline — not just better models — will determine who succeeds in the era of agentic systems.

A deep dive into a problem every AI team will face, and one that will shape the future of intelligent systems.

This episode explores what it truly takes to build a production-ready agentic AI system — the architecture beneath it, the behavioural and contextual logic that gives it depth, and the engineering discipline required to move beyond clever demos into systems that evolve with real users. It reflects on where AI coding copilots fall short, why domain understanding matters, and how practical constraints shape every design decision.

Humanity has been trying to understand itself long before machines existed. Astrology, the Chinese and Vedic systems, numerology, cultural archetypes, and behavioural science have all attempted, in different ways, to decode why people think, feel, and act the way they do. If you strip away the labels, they are simply frameworks for interpreting human tendencies. Reimagining these systems — not as prediction tools, but as structured behavioural lenses for the modern world — became one of the foundational ideas explored in this episode.

The discussion includes my journey of building the AI Life Coach system from scratch as a practical example. Do check it out, support it, and share it — the app is available on both Android and iOS at https://ailifecoach.in/.

In this episode of Agentic AI — The Future of Intelligent Systems, we explore the architectural foundations that determine whether Agentic Artificial Intelligence becomes powerful… or unmanageable.

Modern architecture is being rewritten as agents plan, act, reason, trigger tools, and evolve faster than traditional systems can keep up. This episode breaks down the ten core principles every organisation must master—modularity, simplicity, scalability, reusability, maintainability, security, sustainability, economical design, ethical considerations, and responsible architecture.

These principles are no longer optional. They define how autonomous systems behave, how they scale, how they stay safe, and how they remain sustainable.
Because the future of Agentic AI will not be shaped by how fast agents think, but by how well we design the foundations beneath them.

Tune in for a deep, practical, and forward-looking conversation on building systems that endure in an era where artificial intelligence doesn’t just generate output… it acts.

This episode breaks down a quiet shift happening beneath the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence. The technology continues to advance rapidly, but the systems, processes, and expectations around it are not keeping pace. The result is a growing gap between what artificial intelligence can demonstrate in isolation and what organizations can reliably run at scale.

We explore why inflated expectations are beginning to correct, why prototypes fail when they meet real-world environments, why costs and constraints are forcing more grounded choices, and why engineering discipline—not model size—will determine who succeeds. This isn’t collapse. It’s a structural reset, pushing the narrative back toward fundamentals: efficiency, integration, reliability, trust, and sustainable design.

Tune in to understand why the narrative bubble has burst and why the real journey of artificial intelligence begins now.

This week’s episode dives into one of the most critical questions shaping our digital future — what happens when AI stops assisting and starts acting?

As AI agents become capable of executing real actions — from shopping to scheduling, from browsing to managing — we find ourselves at a crossroads between freedom and control. Who truly holds the power when an AI acts on your behalf: you, the assistant, or the platform that hosts it?

The recent debate between Perplexity and Amazon captured this growing tension. Perplexity believes users should be able to let their AI assistants act freely using their data and accounts. Amazon, on the other hand, worries that such autonomy challenges years of trust, governance, and security carefully built within its ecosystem.

Neither side is wrong — they’re simply defining different parts of the same evolution. This isn’t just about two companies; it’s about the world’s shift toward agentic systems that blur the line between automation and authority.

In this episode, I explore why innovation must respect what platforms have built — their infrastructure, governance, and trust models — while still challenging the limits of what’s possible. History has shown us how conflict can become collaboration: when web automation raised similar fears years ago, it led to OAuth — a standard that balanced safety and innovation. AI now needs its own version of that balance.

Because real progress won’t come from breaking rules; it will come from redefining them responsibly.
Innovation should challenge limits, not disregard them. And the future of AI will depend on platforms and pioneers evolving together — with trust at the core.

Tune in to When AI Acts for You: The Thin Line Between Freedom and Control — and join me as we unpack how to keep innovation moving forward without losing the balance that makes it meaningful.

This week’s episode steps away from the usual exploration of agentic workflows to address a growing misconception — that AI is the reason behind layoffs. The truth runs deeper.

AI influences work, but it doesn’t define it. The real inefficiency begins at the top — in strategies built on hype, budgets poured into billion-dollar models, and a fractured SDLC that treats AI as a patch instead of an integrated foundation.

In this thought-provoking narrative, Navveen dissects why the current AI wave is failing to deliver sustainable value. From copilots that can code but not comprehend, to chatbots that respond but don’t reason — this episode explores how the absence of seamless integration, traceability, and engineering discipline has created an illusion of progress.

You’ll hear why AGI is a distraction, why today’s AI breaks when faced with the new, and why engineering — not automation — will define the next chapter of intelligent systems.

Because the future isn’t about replacing people with AI.
It’s about building systems where intelligence, accountability, and adaptability coexist — engineered to work, not just to impress.