Ask Agentic Software Vendors These Questions Before Buying

The piece says many software vendors loosely market products as “agentic AI.”

Executives are urged to verify data use, security, context persistence, human oversight, adaptability, control boundaries, and auditability before signing.

These checks help separate true AI-native capability from simple chatbots or AI add-ons.

The goal is to reduce security and compliance risk and avoid buying tools that cannot reliably run business workflows.