Time will tell when it comes to identifying where the cracks are in artificial intelligence, spilled by savvy advisors and RIA chief technology officers. “After all, when we ask, ‘what is AI native, what does it mean?’ When it comes to what questions to ask for those over 90% of advisory firms who have yet to commit to their first agentic platform and provider there are a handful that resonate with me thus far as most important. While it should not preclude you from working with a vendor, you should at least ask about whether any agentic platform provider is or has plans to seek ISO 42001 AI Certification and why or why not? This column is not meant to be exhaustive; I can only begin to scratch the surface in the words I’m allotted here on this topic, but it is meant as food for thought among those who have yet to think much about AI and, in particular, agentic AI.