EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 32 MIN
Ep. 119 - Agent Sprawl: Why More AI Is Making Professional Services Harder w/ Michael Speranza & Sarah Edwards
from The Professional Services Pursuit
In this episode of The Professional Services Pursuit, Brent sits down with Kantata CEO Michael Speranza and Chief Product Strategy Officer Sarah Edwards to explore a growing challenge facing professional services firms: AI sprawl.Michael and Sarah discuss why professional services require a different approach to AI — one built around business context, connected operations, and institutional knowledge. They share their perspective on how firms can move beyond isolated automation to intelligence-driven operations, and how those ideas shaped the development of Kantata's newly launched Expertise Agent capabilities.Key topics covered:Why the explosion of AI tools and role-specific agents is creating more complexity, silos, and noise for professional services firmsThe critical role of business context in AI, and why better decisions require a connected view across sales, resourcing, delivery, and financialsThe launch of Kantata's Expertise Agent and why the company chose to build a context-aware AI superagent instead of workflow-specific agentsHow leading firms can capture institutional knowledge, learn from every project, and turn expertise into a scalable competitive advantageWhat will separate the highest-performing professional services organizations in the emerging "Expertise Era"To learn more about Kantata’s new AI capabilities, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode of The Professional Services Pursuit, Brent sits down with Kantata CEO Michael Speranza and Chief Product Strategy Officer Sarah Edwards to explore a growing challenge facing professional services firms: AI sprawl.Michael and Sarah discuss why professional services require a different approach to AI — one built around business context, connected operations, and institutional knowledge. They share their perspective on how firms can move beyond isolated automation to intelligence-driven operations, and how those ideas shaped the development of Kantata's newly launched Expertise Agent capabilities.Key topics covered:Why the explosion of AI tools and role-specific agents is creating more complexity, silos, and noise for professional services firmsThe critical role of business context in AI, and why better decisions require a connected view across sales, resourcing, delivery, and financialsThe launch of Kantata's Expertise Agent and why the company chose to build a context-aware AI superagent instead of workflow-specific agentsHow leading firms can capture institutional knowledge, learn from every project, and turn expertise into a scalable competitive advantageWhat will separate the highest-performing professional services organizations in the emerging "Expertise Era"To learn more about Kantata’s new AI capabilities, click here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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