Introduction to Agents: Business-Focused Agentic AI Essentials (Instructor Led)

Introduction to Agents: Business-Focused Agentic AI Essentials This two-session, instructor-led course introduces AI agents and agentic AI to business leaders, IT professionals, and AI practitioners. Designed for practical application, this hands-on course helps participants move beyond traditional Generative AI prompting to understand how agents can reason, use knowledge, invoke tools, maintain context, and perform multi-step tasks to solve real-world business problems. 📌 What You'll Learn: ✔ Introduction to AI Agents – Understand what makes an AI system an agent and how agents differ from traditional chatbots and Generative AI applications. ✔ Agent Design Building Blocks – Learn how to define agent roles, goals, instructions, skills, success criteria, performance metrics, memory, and guardrails. ✔ Knowledge & Tools – Understand when agents should use RAG, structured knowledge, APIs, web search, databases, and external tools to answer questions and perform actions. ✔ Agentic Workflows – Explore how agents reason through tasks, select appropriate knowledge and tools, and execute multi-step business workflows. ✔ Hands-On Agent Development – Design and test practical agents using real-world business use cases within the AAII Agent Sandbox. 👥 Who Should Attend? ✔ Executives & Business Leaders – Understand how AI agents can automate and enhance business processes and decision-making. ✔ IT & Data Professionals – Learn the foundational architecture and building blocks required to develop agentic AI solutions. ✔ AI Practitioners & Analysts – Gain hands-on experience designing, and building AI agents. 📅 Course Format & Schedule: 🗓 Live Sessions: Tuesday and Thursday ⏰ Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM PST 📍 Virtual via Zoom This program provides a practical foundation for professionals looking to move from Generative AI to Agentic AI, enabling them to design intelligent agents that combine reasoning, knowledge, tools, and business rules to achieve meas