Decoded: The Cybersecurity Podcast
Aug 29, 2026 · 22 min · 11 segments
These sources examine the emergence of **agentic AI**, which consists of autonomous systems capable of reasoning and executing complex workflows without constant human oversight. Research highlights a…
And to really wrap our heads around this shift, think about it this way.
For the last 20 or so years, buying enterprise software was basically like renting a really expensive high end commercial kitchen.
Right.
With all the top tier equipment.
Exactly.
You get the industrial ovens, the professional mixers, the shiny prep stations.
But at the end of the day, you still have to bring in your own chefs to actually cook the meal.
The software was just a tool.
Which meant the human user had to provide all of the cognition.
You had to know which buttons to push in what exact sequence to get the desired output.
But the landscape we are entering now, it flips that model entirely on its head.
It
completely did.
Yeah.
We are moving toward a world where you're essentially hiring a private chef who buys the groceries, cooks the meal, and cleans up afterward.
So you're no longer paying for the kitchen, you're paying for the meal.
Exactly.
And that right there, that is the shift from SaaS software as a service to Adurance, which is agent as a service.
It is.
I mean, if you're listening to this, you probably remember the sauce apocalypse of early 2026.
Oh, man.
$285 billion wiped out from software stock valuations in just a matter of months.
Wait, $285 billion?
Billion.
And to really wrap our heads around this shift, think about it this way.
For the last 20 or so years, buying enterprise software was basically like renting a really expensive high end commercial kitchen.
Right.
With all the top tier equipment.
Exactly.
You get the industrial ovens, the professional mixers, the shiny prep stations.
But at the end of the day, you still have to bring in your own chefs to actually cook the meal.
The software was just a tool.
Which meant the human user had to provide all of the cognition.
You had to know which buttons to push in what exact sequence to get the desired output.
But the landscape we are entering now, it flips that model entirely on its head.
It
completely did.
Yeah.
We are moving toward a world where you're essentially hiring a private chef who buys the groceries, cooks the meal, and cleans up afterward.
So you're no longer paying for the kitchen, you're paying for the meal.
Exactly.
And that right there, that is the shift from SaaS software as a service to Adurance, which is agent as a service.
It is.
I mean, if you're listening to this, you probably remember the sauce apocalypse of early 2026.
Oh, man.
$285 billion wiped out from software stock valuations in just a matter of months.
Wait, $285 billion?
Billion.
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