Ep 97 | AI Agents Move Fast. Who's in Control?

Cloudera, Inc.

Oct 21, 2026

One developer burned through 300 million AI tokens in a single week. The payoff was far less impressive.
For Todd Trevillion, it's a striking example of what can happen when AI adoption outpaces the controls needed to manage it. And with autonomous AI agents beginning to make decisions on behalf of businesses, the stakes are getting higher.

Recorded at EVOLVE26 Singapore, this episode of The AI Forecast follows Paul Muller as he sits down with Todd Trevillion, Managing Director at Citadel Edge, to explore whether enterprises are truly ready for agentic AI and what it takes to deploy the technology responsibly.

Working with organizations in highly regulated industries, Todd has seen how quickly AI ambitions can run into operational reality. He questions whether enterprises are prepared to give autonomous agents greater control when the consequences of their actions can be difficult to predict.

Paul and Todd dive into:*
Why agentic AI introduces new risks for enterprise security and governance
What happens when autonomous agents make decisions on behalf of businesses
How uncontrolled token consumption can undermine AI ROI
Why data sovereignty matters in regulated industries
How boards should evaluate AI investments and their potential returns
Why AI observability and human oversight remain essential
How to balance AI innovation with enterprise accountability

Todd raises an uncomfortable possibility: what happens when AI agents start making decisions based on other agents’ decisions, with no human watching closely enough to catch a mistake? For enterprises, the potential blast radius could extend far beyond a bad answer.

If you're responsible for enterprise AI strategy or governance, this episode will help you think more critically about the authority you're giving AI agents and the safeguards needed to keep them under control.

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Stay in touch with Todd:*
Todd Trevillion on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtrevillion/

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