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Wanted: Bold CEOs to Tap AI to Break the Consultant Straitjacket

Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
7 June 2026
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2
Australian
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Created
7 June 2026, 02:00 am

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The arrival of agentic AI means chief executives no longer have to surrender to external parties things they are ill-equipped to do.

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Agentic AI is framed as a disruptive force that allows corporate leaders to move away from deep reliance on external technology consultants and software vendors. By automating complex reasoning and software development tasks locally, businesses may gain greater control over proprietary intellectual property and entrepreneurial execution. The shift toward autonomous agents represents a notable advancement in frontier AI capabilities, though the article focuses on corporate strategic autonomy rather than technical safety risks or catastrophic oversight. As a locally produced analysis within the Australian economic context, it highlights how domestic firms might integrate advanced AI systems to bypass traditional third-party tech dependencies.

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TechnologyAIPrint articleJun 7, 2026 – 11.49amThe artificial intelligence revolution is giving chief executives the tools to end the decades of innovation suffocation caused by the dependency on tech consulting firms and software vendors.The arrival of agentic AI means that chief executives no longer have to surrender to external parties things they are ill-equipped to do such as the development of entrepreneurial ideas and the capture of unique proprietary information in software code.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIOpinionMicrosoftSAPCommonwealth BankAccentureMatt ComynFetching latest articles