The Rise of AI Agents: From Venture Insights to the Next Frontier

Last weekend, I had the privilege to sit at a fireside chat with VC investor Tess Hau from Tess Ventures and another founder exploring potential paths for his startup. Observing the entire conversation, I experienced a founder/investor interaction from a third person’s perspective, in person, for the first time.

It was a new and eye-opening experience for me. 🤓 I couldn’t help but put myself in the shoes of that founder, brainstorming strategies alongside them. My mind was racing with ideas.

One of the highlights was Tess, a Web3 investor, discussing her investment in a Web2 AI company focused on AI agents.

We’ve covered AI agents several times in our newsletter and YouTube Channel.

It was a clear reminder of the significant role agents will play in the AI landscape.

Over the past couple of years, the world has marveled at the impressive capabilities of generative AI (Gen AI) models, such as large language models (LLMs) that can generate human-like text, images, and other content. However, the next stage of gen AI is poised to be even more transformative -

the rise of AI “agents”.

AI agents represent a shift from knowledge-based gen AI tools to systems that can independently interact with the digital world, plan and execute complex workflows, and collaborate with both humans and other AI agents. These agentic systems have the…