Why AI Agents Are Eating Enterprise Software | EP 03 Founders Panel

While 92% of Fortune 500s realize the surplus alpha that can be created from leveraging AI, only 25% of SMBs realize the same. I sat with 6 founders who are building Agentic AI solutions: Jacky Wong (Nullify), Aria Attar (TensorStax), Max Ahrens (Maihem), Saurabh Sharma (You.com), Jonas Diezun (Beam AI), and Ashar Rizqi (Bounti.ai). The key highlights from our conversation were: - OpenAI’s function calling breaks down when scaling requires consistent outputs and error handling—just ask Jacky or anyone building enterprise agents. - MongoDB could face disruption as AI agents take over infrastructure orchestration—Aria flagged it, and I agree. - Calling agents "AI workers" simplifies adoption for hesitant enterprises—a shift that doubled Jonas Diezun’s sales. - Agentic AI scales across verticals in months, not years—Ashar says the old SaaS scaling playbook is obsolete. - Max at Maihem points out that building functional agents hinges on managing the edge cases that crash your system. Let’s dive right in. Connect with us here: 1. Jacky Wong- https://www.linkedin.com/in/wongja/?originalSubdomain=au 2. Aria Attar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariaattar/ 3. Max Ahrens - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilianahrens/?originalSubdomain=uk 4. Saurabh Sharma - https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhs/ 5. Jonas Diezun - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonasdiezun/ 6. Ashar Rizqi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashar-rizqi-6614487/ 7. George Bandarian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgebandarian/ 8. Untapped Ventures - https://www.linkedin.com/company/untappedventures/ 00:00 Trailer 01:26 Welcome to the Agentic Podcast 02:21 Founder Panel Introduction 02:41 Founders' Backgrounds and Insights 10:08 Defining Agentic AI 20:00 Building Effective AI Agents 26:08 Challenges in Early AI Development 26:21 Human in the Loop: Enhancing AI Adoption 26:58 Debating the Importance of Evaluations 27:39 Technical Insights and Mistakes 29:07 Impact of Agentic Paradigm Shift on Infrastructure 29:52 Customer Adoption and Market Strategies 31:21 Go-to-Market Strategies and Early Stage Focus 39:18 Horizontal vs Vertical Approaches in AI 47:39 Final Thoughts #ai #tech #podcast #vc

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