The Agentic Revolution - How AI Learned to Think and Act in 2025

The AI landscape shifted dramatically in 2025. Agents aren't just executing commands anymore—they're making decisions, coordinating tasks, and working alongside humans as true collaborators.

In this episode, Mac Goswami and Sam Dey break down what actually changed: expanded context windows, reasoning models that finally work, standardized tool use, and multi-agent frameworks ready for production. They also dig into what went wrong, the failures that taught the industry hard lessons about engineering and oversight.

Topics covered include the technical breakthroughs that made 2025 the inflection point for agent AI, real-world applications proving agents are production-ready, how to calibrate autonomy to match the stakes, single vs. multi-agent systems, framework maturity, cautionary tales from AI failures, and trends shaping 2026.

Key insight: Start simple. Decompose when needed. The future isn't AI replacing humans—it's human-agent collaboration done right.

Hosts: Mac Goswami and Sam Dey

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