AI Agents: More Than Automation, Less Than FTEs

  • Webinar
  • AI Applied

22, July 2025 - 1 hour

4:00 pm BST | 11:00 am EDT | 8:00 am PDT

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AI Agents: More Than Automation, Less Than FTEs

Many of the largest enterprise SaaS vendors are marketing machines. New technologies, especially those making global headlines, are often implemented by vendors at a surface level and used to entice new customers and upsell existing clients to the latest feature set.

AI agents are the loudest example, due to their relative ease of implementation and familiarity thanks to consumer-facing chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

However, the Verdantix AI Applied practice is focused on real-world use cases – we understand the technology fundamentals, the true capabilities of AI and its limitations. In this webinar, we will present what ‘state of the art’ truly means in July 2025, how AI agents currently operate in the real world, and the true value buyers can realize by choosing vendors with legitimate technical depth.

 

We will cover:

  • How AI agents work within enterprise software and deliver better automation – critical for buyers sense-checking project scope and limitations.
  • Key vendors and use cases currently offered by prominent enterprise AI platform providers – critical for building a shortlist of solutions.
  • The pitfalls of investing in AI agent solutions that lack a track record of success – critical for C-Suite leaders.

On this webinar

Joe Lamming

Senior Analyst

Joe is a Senior Analyst in the Verdantix Industrial Transformation practice. His current research agenda covers industrial DataOps, AI/ML analytics and applications of generative AI for industry and enterprise. Prior to joining Verdantix, Joe worked in the consumer electronics industry, where he gained experience in overseas manufacturing, product design and data science. Joe holds an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Southampton.

Senior Manager

Chris is Senior Manager of the Verdantix AI Applied practice. His current research agenda focuses on enterprise AI integration and adoption, AI market trends and agentic AI. Prior to joining the AI Applied team, he was a senior EHS analyst and the Verdantix EHS software market lead. Chris joined Verdantix in 2020 and has previous experience at EY, where he specialized in robotic process automation (RPA). He holds an MEng in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, with a focus on machine learning and machine vision.