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/

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