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Building the foundations for agentic AI at scale

Everyone is focused on building AI agents. Nobody is talking about the data foundations that make them actually work at scale.

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McKinsey outlines the critical infrastructure and operational changes enterprises need to make agentic AI deployments successful, focusing on data quality and workflow transformation rather than just the technology itself.

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  1. Agentic AI requires modernized data architectures

  2. Focus on agentifying high-impact workflows

  3. Data quality enforcement is critical for scale

  4. Operating models must evolve for agentic AI success

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Publisher excerpt: Agentic AI scales on strong data. To capture value, tech leaders can agentify high-impact workflows, modernize data architectures, enforce data quality, and evolve operating models.
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