Gartner's #1 strategic technology trend for 2025
The Agent Era arrives now
Explore how Agentic AI is transforming industries through autonomous integration — find specific
insights for Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Public Sector.
- 33% of enterprise software will include agentic AI by 2028 (Gartner)
- 5 industry-specific whitepapers available
- 80% of customer issues resolved by AI by 2029 (Gartner)
- EU-compliant and sovereign deployment
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Explore Agentic AI by industry
Discover how autonomous AI agents are transforming operations across sectors with industry-specific
insights and implementation strategies.
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Energy
Optimize grid operations, accelerate renewable integration, and enhance customer service with
AI-powered energy management.
- Real-time grid optimization
- Renewable energy forecasting
- Automated demand response
Visit the Energy landing page ·
Download the Energy whitepaper (PDF)
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Financial Services
Transform banking operations with autonomous fraud detection, compliance monitoring, and
personalized customer experiences.
- AI-powered fraud detection
- Regulatory compliance automation
- Intelligent customer advisory
Visit the Financial Services landing page ·
Download the Financial Services whitepaper (PDF)
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Healthcare
Enhance patient care with AI-driven diagnostics, automated administrative workflows, and
integrated health systems.
- Diagnostic assistance
- Patient data orchestration
- Administrative automation
Visit the Healthcare landing page ·
Download the Healthcare whitepaper (PDF)
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Manufacturing
Drive Industry 4.0 with predictive maintenance, supply chain optimization, and autonomous
quality control.
- Predictive maintenance
- Supply chain intelligence
- Quality assurance automation
Visit the Manufacturing landing page ·
Download the Manufacturing whitepaper (PDF)
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Public Sector
Modernize citizen services with 24/7 AI assistance, automated permit processing, and
cross-agency data sharing.
- Citizen self-service
- Permit automation
- Cross-agency orchestration
Visit the Public Sector landing page ·
Download the Public Sector whitepaper (PDF)
What is Agentic AI?
Agentic AI represents a fundamental shift from reactive tools to autonomous systems capable of
perceiving, reasoning, and acting independently to achieve defined goals.
Core characteristics
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Autonomous reasoning — AI agents that analyze complex situations, make decisions,
and adapt their behavior without constant human intervention.
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Contextual awareness — Understanding and acting on real-time data from multiple
sources, maintaining context across interactions and systems.
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Goal-oriented action — Proactively taking steps to achieve objectives,
orchestrating workflows, and learning from outcomes to improve performance.
How Agentic AI works in practice
- Perceive — receives request or detects event.
- Analyze — understands context and requirements.
- Plan — determines optimal action sequence.
- Execute — orchestrates across systems.
- Learn — adapts based on outcomes.
Why Frends
Frends is a European iPaaS built for organizations that need to combine agentic AI with strict
governance, data sovereignty, and full transparency. Key differentiators:
- EU-based data residency and full compliance with GDPR, NIS2, and the EU AI Act.
- Hybrid deployment across cloud and on-premise to keep sensitive data inside your boundary.
- Transparency-first design with complete audit trails for every AI-driven action.
- Low-code, BPMN-style visual integration that both developers and business users can read.
- Built-in human oversight and governance controls for regulated industries.
European digital sovereignty
European organizations face unique requirements for data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and
transparency. Frends is designed from the ground up to meet them — keeping data, processing, and
governance inside the EU while delivering the autonomy of agentic AI.
Platform comparison
How major integration platforms compare for agentic AI adoption.
| Platform |
Region |
Hybrid |
Governance |
Key strengths |
| Frends |
EU |
Yes |
Full |
Transparency & audit trails, hybrid deployment, EU data residency |
| MuleSoft |
US |
Yes |
Standard |
Large ecosystem, enterprise scale, Salesforce integration |
| Boomi |
US |
No |
Standard |
Cloud-native, AI Agent Studio, fast scaling |
| SnapLogic |
US |
No |
Standard |
Natural language building, generative integration, SnapGPT |
| Workato |
US |
Yes |
Standard |
User-friendly, SaaS focus, business team access |