Agentic AI

Asking a chatbot a question and receiving an answer — this was the core of AI utilization in 2023–2024. Agentic AI lies beyond that. Rather than answering questions, it completes tasks.

Karpathy coined this shift "Agentic Engineering" in early 2026. At its core is a workflow called the PEV loop — a cycle that AI itself runs through Plan → Execute → Verify. In coding, for example, an agent first analyzes the task and formulates an execution plan, writes the code, runs tests to verify the results, and makes corrections if problems arise. Humans provide approval and course corrections at checkpoints along the way.

Looking at real numbers: at Stripe, an internal agent called "Minions" is merging over 1,000 pull requests per week. Zapier reported that 89% of the entire organization has integrated AI into their work. This is no longer an experimental phase.

The infrastructure supporting Agentic AI is also being developed. MCP for tool connectivity, A2A for inter-agent communication, and Agent Skills as the unit of task execution capability — these are combining to enable the automation of complex workflows that were impossible with standalone AI models.