From prompt engineers to tool builders: Intuit’s Vignesh Subrahmaniam on building AI that acts
At TechSparks 2026, Dr Vignesh Subrahmaniam explained how AI is evolving from requiring human prompts to acting independently across workflows. He used a chess analogy to describe how AI can learn patterns from data to understand business rules and strategies. Intuit applies this approach to help small businesses win customers and improve cash flow by analyzing actual business outcomes.
Key points
- AI is moving beyond prompts to autonomous decision-making and workflow execution
- Learning-from-examples approach mirrors discovering chess rules from game outcomes
- Intuit uses agentic AI to help businesses optimize customer acquisition and cash flow
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