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Sujit D'Mello “From Chat to Action: Understanding AI Agents” MEETING DATE: Thursday, June 25, 2026 6:45PM - 8:45PM (Zoom meeting room opens at 6:45 PM; Meeting starts at 7 PM) via Zoom virtual meeting.

Description

1. Chat LLMs Today: What conversational AI does well - and why it became mainstream.
2. Why Chat Alone Isn't Enough: The gap between "talking about work" and "doing work."
3. What Are Agents? How agents extend LLMs with goals, planning, memory, and autonomy.
4. Tools: The Bridge from Language to Action: How browsers, file systems, code runners, Office APIs, and image editors give agents "hands."
5. Non-Coding Agents: Agents that:
   • Edit Word documents
   • Build Excel sheets
   • Manipulate PowerPoint slides
   • Generate or edit images
6. Coding Agents: Agents that write, run, debug, and improve code using execution sandboxes and toolchains.
7. Custom Agents: Your own agent doing what you need.
   • OpenClaw - using built-in tools
   • Your own code - using your own tool
8. Demo Sequence: Side-by-side comparison:
   • Chat LLM
   • Non-coding agent
   • Coding agent
   • Custom Agent

Sujit D'Mello’s Background

Sujit D'Mello: Principal Forward Deployed Engineer @ Microsoft

I work with the top S&P 500 companies, specifically in the Financial Services sector, helping them understand and adopt AI to gain an advantage in the business.