Inside Box’s AI playbook with founder & CEO Aaron Levie

<p>Aaron Levie, CEO & co-founder of Box, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how an “AI-first” mindset is reshaping every layer of Box – from product road-maps to pricing – and what that teaches the rest of us about building faster, smarter organisations.</p><p><strong>Timestamps:</strong></p><p>(00:00) Episode trailer</p><p>(02:04) The "lump of labor fallacy" in sci-fi books</p><p>(07:37) When individual productivity gains don’t translate to teams</p><p>(12:32) Box’s Friday AI demos</p><p>(21:23) How agents might redefine 100 years of management science</p><p>(26:37) A lesson on AI innovation from the early days of Ford</p><p>(29:52) Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, and Sergey Brin are coding again?</p><p>(35:16) Pricing in a post-AI agent world</p><p>(38:43) Cheaper tokens, heavier usage: AI’s margin math</p><p>(43:02) Solving AI’s verifiability problem</p><p>(48:24) How Aaron uses AI in his personal life</p><p><strong>Aaron's links:</strong></p><ul><li>Box: <a href="https://www.box.com/" target="_blank">https://www.box.com/</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/boxaaron/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/boxaaron/</a></li><li>X/Twitter:<a target="_blank"> https://x.com/levie</a></li></ul><p><strong>Azeem’s links:</strong></p><ul><li>Substack: <a href="https://www.exponentialview.co/" target="_blank">https://www.exponentialview.co/</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://www.azeemazhar.com/" target="_blank">https://www.azeemazhar.com/</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/azhar" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/azhar</a></li><li>X/Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/azeem" target="_blank">https://x.com/azeem</a></li></ul><p>This conversation was recorded for “Friday with Azeem Azhar”, live every Friday at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET. Catch it via Exponential View on Substack.</p><p>Produced by supermix.io and EPIIPLUS1 Ltd</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>