Light on. Clock ticking. Agents deployed.
Our first Wrike AI Agents Build-Off Competition has come to a nail-biting finish!
During the Showcase Showdown, the second part of our three-part deminar series that features all things Wrike AI agents, we didn’t just talk about AI — we watched it compete.
The live session brought five contestant customers head to head, each proving how fast they could eliminate the busywork, cut costs, and give time back to their teams.
And let me tell you — the results weren’t incremental.
They were “Wait… that used to take HOW long?!” levels of impressive.
Let’s get into the contenders.
Round 1: Sprint cleanup in 60 seconds
Contestant: Andres Serratos, Associate Project Manager, AppFolio
Agent submission: Automation Team Sprint
Every Friday: 15-20 minutes of sprint cleanup.
Or… not anymore.
Andres unleashed an agent that:
- Moves straggler tasks
- Achieves the sprint
- Spins up the next one
New runtime? One minute. Flat.
🎯 Scorecard:
- 20 minutes → 1 minute
- 17+ hours saved annually (per team)
That’s an extra coffee break you just earned, every week.
Round 2: Idea intake, but make it instant
Idea intake used to take 3.5 hours of manual effort.
Now? 15 minutes.
Nathan’s agent doesn’t just collect ideas, it:
- Summarizes them
- Scores them
- Routes them
Automatically.
🎯 Scorecard:
- 3.5 hours → 15 minutes
- 50+ hours saved every month
Translation: Less “review theatre,” more actual innovation happening.
Round 3: Creative ops without the chaos
Contestant: Ali Moses, Process Improvement Manager, Varsity Yearbook
3,000+ tasks. 20 creatives. Endless reassignments.
Ali said absolutely not.
Her Task Master 2 agent:
- Routes reproofs and reworks
- Adjusts timelines dynamically
- Fixes gaps before they become problems
🎯 Scorecard:
- 100+ hours saved annually
That’s 100+ hours back where they belong: in the work, not managing the work.
Round 4: Deadlines you don’t miss anymore
Contestant: Sherrie Besecker, Systems Solutions Manager, Syneos Health
Agent submission: Task of the Week
In high-stakes industries, missed deadlines = real cost.
Sherrie’s agent:
- Flags critical submission timelines
- Alerts teams instantly to changes
- Keeps everything aligned
🎯 Scorecard:
- Fewer missed deadlines
- Less rework
- Lower operational risk
Because sometimes the biggest win is the problem you never have to fix.
Round 5: Compliance without the bottleneck
Contestant: Szilvia Becző, PMO Analyst, Affidea
Agent submission: Compliance Ninja
Compliance workflows: slow, manual, painful.
Until they’re not.
Szilvia’s Compliance Ninja agent:
- Fills in missing data
- Classifies project value
- Routes approvals automatically
🎯 Scorecard:
- Faster approvals
- Fewer manual reviews
- Smoother cross-team execution
This is how you turn compliance from a blocker into a background process.
And the winners are…
🏆 Best Overall Agent: Andres Serratos | Automation Team Sprint
⏱️ Biggest Time Saver: Sherrie Besecker | Task of the Week
🎨 Most Creative Use Case: Szilvia Becző | Compliance Ninja
The runners-up? Your time and budget
Across every build, the pattern is undeniable:
- Minutes shaved → hours saved
- Hours saved → costs reduced
- Costs reduced → teams freed up to do actual, meaningful work
This isn’t AI for the sake of AI. This is AI that earns its keep immediately. Because if this showdown proved anything, it’s this: AI agents are here, and they’re ready to automate your Friday afternoon.
