Top 20 Agentic AI Influencers Outside Tech Firms: Andrew Ng, Ethan Mollick Lead
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-11-04
Cloud architect David Linthicum highlights a "Top 20 Agentic AI Influencers Outside Tech Companies" list featuring Ethan Mollick, Andrew Ng, MIT Sloan academics, and consultants from McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Forrester and Deloitte. His takeaway: agentic AI is moving from theory to implementation, and the real challenge isn't building agents but the surrounding systems — architecture, workflows, data access, controls, monitoring, security and governance — that let agents deliver business value without chaos.
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