Presented by OutSystems After two years of flashy AI demos, rushed agent prototypes, and breathless predictions, enterprise technology leaders are striking a more pragmatic tone in 2026. In a recent webinar hosted by OutSystems, a panel of software executives and enterprise practitioners made the case that the most consequential AI work happening now is focused on the practical matters of governance, orchestration, and iteration, along with integrating agents into the systems they’ve spent decades building. Enterprise leaders are increasingly focused on fundamentals. The priority is using new AI technologies to accelerate productivity, improve delivery, and produce measurable business results. Three elements shape this work: The move from AI agent prototypes to agentic systems that deliver measurable ROI in production The growing role of enterprise platforms in governing, orchestrating, and scaling AI agents safely The rise of the generalist developer and enterprise architect as the most valuable technical profiles in an era of AI-generated code Against this backdrop, the panel discussed governance frameworks, the economics of enterprise AI, and the limits of large language models without …