How Agents Learn, Remember, and Improve Over Time, with João (Joe) Moura, CEO of CrewAI

João (Joe) Moura built CrewAI into one of the most popular agent frameworks out there, with over 50,000 GitHub stars and running inside more than half of the Fortune 500. Listen in as we get into whether frameworks are dead or just turning into harnesses, how agents learn and improve themselves, and why rising token costs are pushing enterprises toward open source and local models. 00:00 Introduction 01:45 What is CrewAI? + Frameworks vs Harnesses 05:42 AI Agents and the SaaSpocalypse 09:43 How AI Agents Use Memory and Self-Learning 14:41 Optimizing Context, Token Costs, and Local Models 19:44 Enterprise AI Use Cases and Agent Workshops 29:08 Why Use CrewAI Instead of Claude? 33:48 Community Building and the Vision for CrewAI 41:42 The Future of Open Source AI in 2050 Joe's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaomdmoura/ Cagla’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caglakaymaz/ Cagla’s X: https://x.com/caglakaymazLearn more about Category Ventures: https://www.categoryvc.com/ Produced and edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod: https://lightningpod.fm/ Theme music composed by DJ La Mano, provided by https://soundtaxi.com/