Why subscribe to The Agentic AI Shift?

Agentic AI — software that takes action, not just answers questions — is the most consequential technology shift of the decade. The Agentic Shift is one essay a week on what's actually happening, what's hype, and what it means for the businesses and societies trying to absorb it.

Written for operators, builders, and leaders who want signal over noise.

Who is writing this?

I'm Zeki Emre Tekin — a practitioner, not an analyst. I work on Microsoft's agent platform, helping Fortune 500 companies architect and scale agentic systems in production. Over 15+ years, I've done similar work for governments, international organizations, and startups which means I've watched this technology get absorbed (and resisted) across very different institutional logics. A lot of what I write comes from what I'm seeing inside real rollouts, not the demo videos. The gap between what's possible in a demo and what actually ships into production is where the real story is — and that's what this newsletter is about.

What you’ll get?

Every week, a single essay on one of three threads:

• Field notes from inside the enterprise AI rollout: what's working, what's stuck, and why

• Frameworks for thinking about agentic systems beyond the hype cycle

• Where this is heading: the second-order effects on work, organizations, and society

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