The Agent Effect
Episodes
When AI agents make the call: Governing Autonomy at Scale
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprises are racing to deploy AI agents and discovering that “it works in a pilot” isn’t the same as “it’s safe in production.” In this...
Laying the groundwork for autonomous decision-making across agricultural operations
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Patricio Salvatore La Rosa shares how Bayer is building the foundational components of agentic AI in a complex, biologically driven production environ...
How Cognizant leveraged agentic AI to host and judge the world’s largest GenAI hackathon
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant set a Guinness World Record by hosting the world’s largest GenAI hackathon with over 53,000 participants across 40 countries. In this epis...
Enabling agentic AI: Why trust, ethics, and partnership come first
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leo S. Mackay, Jr. shares what it takes to scale agentic AI at the enterprise level — and why most organizations are starting in the wrong place. Dr...
Building the enterprise playbook for agentic AI
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Krogh Andersen joins Paul Jarratt to share how enterprises can move beyond AI hype and build the foundational systems and leadership mindset to sc...
Building a Trust Layer with AI Agents
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Krishna Gade, Founder and CEO of Fiddler, explores how businesses can build trust in agentic AI – from investing in responsible practices to impleme...
Cognizant CEO’s Vision on Building Smarter Enterprises with AI Agents
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S unpacks how AI agents are changing the enterprise equation – from expanding capacity through agentic capital to building ...
Without Responsible AI, Can Multi-Agent AI Truly Scale?
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Bechtold, Zurich Insurance’s Global Head of AI Governance, and Amir Banifatemi, Cognizant’s Chief Responsible AI Officer, share what it takes...
The Evolution of AI Agents | The Past and the Present (Part 2)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In part two, Adam Cheyer and Babak Hodjat break down how businesses can begin their agentic transformation—from collapsing silos to designing system...
The Evolution of AI Agents | The Past and the Present (Part 1)
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Cheyer and Babak Hodjat reflect on the evolution of AI agents since Siri—and what makes multi-agent systems so powerful in today’s enterprise...