Building an Agentic Economy

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: