What Is an AI Agent?
from AI + a16z Hosted by Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, Yoko Li
In this episode of AI + a16z, a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. The trio digs into the topic from a number of angles, including: Whether a uniform definition of agent actually exists How to distinguish between agents, LLMs, and functions How to think about pricing agents Whether agents can actually replace humans, and The effects of data siloes on agents that can access the web. They don't claim to have all the answers, but they raise many questions and insights that should interest anybody building, buying, and even marketing AI agents. Learn more: Benchmarking AI Agents on Full-Stack Coding Automating Developer Email with MCP and Al Agents A Deep Dive Into MCP and the Future of AI Tooling Agent Experience: Building an Open Web for the AI Era DeepSeek, Reasoning Models, and the Future of LLMs Agents, Lawyers, and LLMs Reasoning Models Are Remaking Professional Services From NLP to LLMs: The Quest for a Reliable Chatbot Can AI Agents Finally Fix Customer Support? Follow everybody on X: Guido Appenzeller Matt Bornstein Yoko Li Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here, including articles, projects, and more podcasts.
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Partners on the a16z Infra team discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li dive into everything from how to distinguish between agents, LLMs, and functions, to how to think about pricing agents.
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