Every vendor in the industry is slapping the word "agentic" on their roadmap. But, what is agentic AI, really? And should IT leaders care?

In this episode, we bring together three voices with very different answers: a skeptic who says it's rebranded orchestration, a strategist who says the reasoning layer is genuinely new, and a founder betting his company on it. Together, they cut through the noise and answer the question every IT leader is quietly asking: what should I actually do about agentic AI in 2026?

Key takeaways:

• Why 80% of AI projects fail — and it has nothing to do with the technology
• The difference between "embedded agents" you're already using and custom agents you probably don't need yet
• "Start with your decisions, not your technology" — a practical framework for mid-market teams
• How to move AI from "pet project" to operationalized infrastructure

Featuring: Sean Larkin, Principal Architect at Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company | Scott Trump, Founder & CEO of Treva AI (former AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle) | Skip Vanderburg, Founder of Prioriti AI

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The Catalyst by Softchoice is the podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of humans and technology.