In this latest episode of Gartner ThinkCast, we chat with Gartner Senior Director Analyst Tom Coshow to explore agentic AI, one of the key trends featured in the Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2025 report.
Hear how AI agents are transforming industries with their ability to autonomously plan and execute tasks — and what distinguishes them from GenAI language models. Tom shares real-world examples, insights on emerging opportunities, like guardian agents and long-term memory in AI, and guidance for executive leaders looking to build secure and scalable systems.
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Intro
Defining Agentic AI and AI Agents
Real-World Applications of Agentic AI
Future Potential of Agentic AI
Challenges in Implementing AI Agents
Executive Guidance
Advances in AI-Agent Memory
Tom Coshow | Sr Director Analyst
Tom Coshow is a Senior Director Analyst with Gartner's Technical Service Providers division focusing on AI agents and Agentic AI. He supports customer experience, CX technology, and executive leadership in in the CMO BPO space. An early adopter and developer of cloud CCaaS technology, Mr. Coshow has also developed AI technologies for customer management and operational management. Mr. Coshow joins with 30+ years expertise, across technical, operational and leadership roles in customer management. His focus has historically been on contact software, experience efficiency, AI in customer service, and learning management tools. Mr Coshow's most recent positions have included CEO, Managing Director and COO, within and outside of the customer management industry. Notably, Tom was the CEO of Teledirect where he led development of an early cloud CCaaS that included agent scripting, on demand phone numbers, learning management, staffing and operational analytics. After joining Transcomos, he led the building of, or acquisition of, operations in Sacramento, Wisconsin and Arizona and sold globally to Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Coshow also has experience in ecommerce. He was the COO of an import business that sold Italian and Chinese products in the beauty industry online. In this role he deployed sales and service chatbots that leveraged Shopify data, built an outside sales team and negotiated contracts with suppliers.Mr. Coshow is a certified SCRUM Product Owner and a trained Balanced Scorecard advocate.
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