What We Learned This Week | 9-7-25
Agentic AI, Staying Ahead in the Age of AI, The Right and Wrong Way of using AI, $10T AI Revolution, and more...
Below are some of the articles and podcasts which caught my attention past week. As always, welcome your feedback and ideas.
Articles
Agentic AI: A New Frontier for Unlocking Shareholder Value | Asif Hasan | From pilots to profits: How intelligent agents drive operating leverage—and maximize enterprise value.
An executive’s guide to agentic AI | AWS | A concise explanation of what agentic AI is, what makes it unique, the concrete business outcomes it enables, and the practical steps executives can take to prepare their organizations to best take advantage of it.
Staying ahead in the age of AI | OpenAI | Early adopters are already growing revenue 1.5× faster than peers, yet many companies feel the pace is too fast to plan for effectively. How to keep up, enable employees to adopt AI, and build an AI-first organization.
The Wrong vs. Right Way to Use AI | Darius Foroux | There’s a wrong way to use AI, and there’s a right way. Let’s get into it.
Why Some Sales Teams Are Actually Growing Alongside AI | HBR | Despite advances in AI and digital tools human expertise remains crucial for complex and high-stakes purchases, where salespeople help buyers navigate ambiguity and build trust.
Podcasts/Videos
AGI, Agents, Memory, White Collar, Global Competition, AI Companions, and more | Matthew Berman | Learn from Reid Hoffman on AGI, Agents, Memory, White Collar, Global Competition, AI Companions, and more!
Entry-Level Jobs Decline & MIT Study Says There’s an AI Bubble | Reid Hoffman | A significant drop in entry-level jobs due to AI, dive into why AI adoption is facing organizational hurdles, and discuss how global competition is reshaping the AI landscape.
Build an AI Life Co-Pilot with Claude Code in 25 Minutes | Peter Yang | Alex Finn is a founder who has built a complete “Claude Life” operating system to automate research, curate AI news, analyze brain dumps, and more - How to set up this system using Claude Code slash commands and sub-agents in just 25 minutes.
You To The Power of AI with Dharmesh Shah | INBOUND 2025 | From AI transformation to evolving customer expectations, Dharmesh decodes the patterns that define tomorrow's successful companies. Walk away with a clearer vision of what's coming and the practical steps to position your business ahead of the curve.
The $10 Trillion AI Revolution: Why It’s Bigger Than the Industrial Revolution | Sequoia Capital | The cognitive revolution is here—and it's moving faster than the Industrial Revolution. In this presentation, Sequoia Capital's Konstantine Buhler shares an investment thesis on artificial intelligence and why we believe this transformation represents a $10 trillion opportunity.
A Book We are Reading in August
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI | Anil Ananthaswamy | A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence
A Quote We Are Pondering This Week
"When your primary goal is to be liked, you can't take risks. You can't disagree. You can't push boundaries. You become a prisoner of other people's expectations.”
Upcoming Interesting Data & AI Conferences
Northeast Utilities Credit and Collections | 9/10 - 9/12 | Atlantic City, NJ
T&D World | 9/23 - 9/25 | Phoenix, AZ
Boston AI Week 2025 | 9/29 - 10/3 | Boston
CDAO Fall 2025 | 10/22 - 10/23 | Boston
UA Week 2025 | 10/28-10/30 | Austin
AWS re:invent 2025 | 12/1-12/5 | Vegas
The AI Summit NY | 12/10 - 12/11 | NYC
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