On December 17, 2025, Co-Founder and CEO of Recursive, Tiago Ramalho published The Agent Advantage: An Executive Playbook for AI Powered Automation. This book provides business leaders with a practical roadmap for leveraging AI agents from strategy to execution.
It addresses critical solutions to the questions such as "Which business functions should we start with?" and "How should responsibilities be divided between humans and AI?". Through real-world case studies and firsthand episodes, Tiago presents concrete frameworks to help organizations effectively adopt and scale AI agent initiatives.
Rapid advances in AI have brought companies to a major inflection point. Despite this progress, many organizations continue to struggle with effective AI application, often failing to generate meaningful results. This book was written to provide practical guidance for executives and business professionals spearheading digital transformation and operational reform, helping them position AI agents not merely as tools, but as a core partner of enterprise strategy.
Rather than treating generative AI as a standalone technology, the book emphasizes its role as a strategic organizational asset. It focuses on the end-to-end lifecycle of agent-based AI, from implementation and operations to long-term integration into corporate strategy.
Key topics include:
The approach proposed by Tiago prioritizes adaptability over mere efficiency or short-term profitability. By designing systems tailored to each organization's unique context, including its background, objectives, and the perspectives of its workers, companies can build sustainable competitive advantage.
Autonomous agents are expected to become an indispensable partner, enabling organizations to learn and reason based on historical data. Ultimately, the strategy proposed by Tiago positions this capability not merely as a tool, but as a driving force for enterprise growth that points toward the next generation of business models.
The book is available for purchase here.
Founded by a former senior research engineer at Google DeepMind, Recursive brings together world-class talent from across disciplines to engineer results where others can't.
