Listen "Building an Agentic Economy"
Episode Synopsis
A new wave of start-ups is emerging, built around powerful AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making, dynamic collaboration and end-to-end task execution. These agents aren't just supporting workflows – they're becoming the digital workforce that runs entire business functions. How are business models evolving when AI agents take the lead in building, managing and scaling companies? Speakers: Wang Guanchun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Laiye Louise Victoria Matsakis, Senior Business Editor, Wired Magazine John Lombard, Chief Executive Officer, NTT DATA, Inc. Asia Pacific Van Vu, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ELSA, Kian Katanforoosh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workera This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 25 June, 2025. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2025/sessions/building-an-agentic-economy/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub
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