Intuit to showcase AI infrastructure rebuild at VB Transform 2026

Customer expectations have shifted from simple, fast conversational interactions to complex agentic AI-powered tasks that legacy IT architectures simply can’t handle. To address this, Intuit made the bold decision to overhaul its technical infrastructure for its business platform. The company moved away from its multi-agent setup, which prioritized broad capabilities, to a granular, skill-and-tool-based architecture while embedding human experts directly into the workflow alongside AI. This shift involved decomposing its massive agents into specialized components, separating the brain from the hands, essentially. "We went from a multi-agent system where we had large agents that did a lot to fully incorporating workflows, skills and tools down to the base level,” said Nhung Ho, VP of AI at Intuit. "We changed the orchestrator, we changed the planner, we changed the brain, and we also changed what everybody had to build across the whole company.

At VB Transform 2026 on July 14 and 15, Ho will share details about the technology decisions behind building an abstraction layer behind Intuit’s system of intelligence. She’ll also share how the new architecture has allowed the company to decouple its orchestration from specific model providers, allowing Intuit to remain agile and use the best tools for the job, whether from large model providers or their own home-grown tools.

Other VB Transform sessions focused on agentic orchestration include: From signals to shelves: How Target is engineering Agentic AI for the right product, right place, right time with speaker Siobhan McFeeney, SVP Technology, Target; The engineer's multiplier: How Instacart uses agentic AI to eliminate toil, elevate teams and slash costs with speaker Anirban Kundu, CTO, Instacart; MCP connection isn't orchestration: Building the agent execution layer with Arnab Bose, chief product officer, Asana; Building the agentic workforce: A blueprint for scaling AI operations without the sprawl with Romit Jadhwani, Sr. Director, Enterprise AI, Data & Productivity, Rivian and Craig Wiley, VP of AI, Databricks; and Inside Atlassian’s Living Lab: Deploying context-aware agents at scale with Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian.

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The shift in customer expectations and Intuit's response highlights a critical challenge facing businesses today: adapting to increasingly complex AI demands. By rebuilding its AI infrastructure, Intuit has positioned itself to better meet these demands, allowing for more agile and effective use of AI tools. This move has significant implications for the broader industry, as companies across sectors grapple with similar challenges. For developers and businesses, Intuit's approach offers a valuable example of how to rearchitect legacy systems to support more sophisticated AI applications. As AI continues to evolve, companies that can adapt and innovate in their infrastructure will be better equipped to meet the changing needs of their customers and stay ahead of the competition. However, questions remain about the scalability and long-term viability of such approaches, and it will be interesting to see how Intuit's strategy evolves in the face of emerging trends and technologies.