Oracle Pumps Up Apps w/ 1,000+ Agents to Automate Industries

In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Oracle is embedding more than 1,000 AI agents into its applications to transform entire industry ecosystems.

Highlights

01:18 — I think what we're seeing now here at the cusp of the agentic AI boom is the opportunity for modern technology to transform not just individual companies but entire industries and ecosystems. Oracle said it's now got more than 1,000 agents embedded within and working inside Oracle's applications.

02:21 — This is a big effort that goes beyond just what a specific company is doing, and to do that in an industry-specific, targeted way, thus slashing the time to value for customers. This is the sort of automation, insight, transparency, and visibility that many businesses are eager to have.

03:01 — CEO Mike Sicilia said, we've got a few hundred agents up and operating. The customers have been very eager to use this. They're not buying the whole “SaaSpocalypse” nonsense, and instead they've been eager to say, we're currently using some Oracle apps and we'd like to use more, especially the ones that have the agents in there driving new capabilities.

04:02 — They're seeing what he called a halo effect from this, allowing customers to take on more aggressive and ambitious transformations. Innovation, growth, and acceleration are the key things that are happening across these industry layers.

04:48 — What used to be the enterprise apps business is now apps plus agents plus AI plus data. And Oracle says it wants to use this combination of agent-powered applications so that it and its customers can be the disruptors rather than becoming the disrupted.

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