Panel, Interview
Windsurf, BUZZ HPC, Gnosis, ElevenLabs, Prosus & Bloomberg: The Agentic Economy AI’s Unseen Hand
RAISE SummitRachel Metz, Tim Cowley, Jero, Alex, Matty, Maria Zuber, Matias Niemelaer, Andrzej Baliczak
- Tim Cowley anticipates maintaining 100% focus on AI solutions to bridge sustainability and AI, enabling companies to decouple growth from cost increases by adding work without expanding headcount.
- Jero and Matty predict that voice capabilities will evolve to support global accessibility for agents, eventually shifting internet discovery optimization toward agent-native structured text and APIs, while the top of the funnel for discovery adapts accordingly.
- Matty foresees a transition from prototyping voice and LLMs to full production over the next two to five years, with agent identification becoming less necessary as experiences become more native.
- Jero anticipates a surge in self-created "senior colleague" agents within organizations as a specific workflow marketplace emerges, noting that achieving 100% system consistency is significantly harder than reaching 95%.
- The Gnosis speaker expects AI agent integration on the blockchain to evolve further over the next 12 months, with agents predicting outcomes and trading via an infinite correction loop.
- Matty predicts the internet will shift from navigation-based to task-oriented, functioning as a backend API for agents, which will drive a natural, gradual transition from cost-per-click to outcome-based advertising pricing.
- Alex projects that rapid app creation using AI will continue as industries adopt bespoke workflows, while latency remains a critical constraint where users tolerate errors but not waiting times of 30 to 60 minutes.
- Andrzej notes that most agents will likely handle 80% of tasks immediately, with Fortune 500 companies targeting use cases achievable within one to three months to demonstrate value and trigger change management.
- Jero expects AI agents to ultimately outweigh job displacement risks by creating new global expansion and revenue opportunities, though achieving full consistency remains a major ongoing challenge.
- Alex and Matty anticipate that integrating agents with existing CRM and real-life action systems will become increasingly standardized and safe, making the distinction between human and agent interactions less relevant to the user experience.
- Matty envisions a voice marketplace generating new income streams for talent through interactive experiences with agents.
- The Prozus speaker and others predict that while agents will not directly replace people, individuals utilizing AI agents will replace those who do not, with the latter group facing competitive disadvantages as the technology matures.