From UK home sales stuck in 12–20+ week conveyancing cycles, to hiring that drags ~40 days, to finance teams drowning in reconciliations, some sectors are structurally overdue for AI efficiency gains. We'll start with conveyancing/housing, recruiting discovery/matching, and accounting close/reconciliation - then add insurance claims, construction ops, healthcare admin, and public-sector back-office - showing where agentic workflows (document intake, contract checks, entity matching, claims triage) can cut weeks to days, and why the timing finally makes sense.