Orby AI

Compelling piece by Christopher Mims, Technology Columnist at The Wall Street Journal - While many companies are weaving #AI into existing products, Orby is doing things a little differently. Our #AIAgents automate complex workflows from start to finish, like helping our customers at JLL manage thousands of invoices each year. This new class of #AgenticAI is a game-changer for businesses looking to improve enterprise efficiencies with AI. Exciting times ahead in AI innovation! #Automation #GenAI #OrbyAI https://lnkd.in/d6Z2cmRX

Thrilled to share that Orby is a finalist in the Databricks Generative AI Startup Challenge! ?? Honored to be recognized alongside innovators shaping the future of AI - ChipStack, Flagler Health, and Vevo Therapeutics. ?? https://lnkd.in/d4Qt5r5i #AIInnovation #AIAgents

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Exciting updates from Orby AI as we wrap up 2024! We’ve hit major milestones in customer growth, launched ActIO—our breakthrough Large Action Model—and expanded our AI R&D team with incredible talent. Proud of our incredible team shaping the future of enterprise automation! https://lnkd.in/dQKvUfmM #OrbyAI #AIAgent

Exciting updates from Orby AI as we wrap up 2024! We’ve hit major milestones in customer growth, launched ActIO—our breakthrough Large Action Model—and expanded our AI R&D team with incredible talent. Proud of our incredible team shaping the future of enterprise automation! https://lnkd.in/dQKvUfmM #OrbyAI #AIAgent

We did it again, this time in San Francisco, with a simple, top of mind question — how is #generativeAI shaping your company's strategy? The CB Insights team and I explored this over dinner with a great group of senior strategy and innovation leaders. The group’s main takeaway – we're in the "messy middle" of AI transformation. While we're still navigating challenges, the time to act and experiment is now, not down the road.? ?? Success in AI isn't about building everything in-house. With big tech companies pouring billions into R&D and investors pouring billions into AI startups, your most effective approach is often strategic partnerships and collaboration.? ?? Data isn't about perfection — it's about adaptation. The useful life of models is shrinking. Value is not in hoarding data, but in how quickly and effectively you put it to work. More companies are also considering data co-ops and exchanges.? ?? Embrace AI and intelligence abundance, but remember human attention is the true scarce resource and often last mile of what makes an AI project successful. A special thank you to all our awesome speakers: #Visa's Vanessa Colella, #Microsoft's Chantrelle Nielsen and Amit Panchal, and our leading AI Agent CEO panel members Bella Liu, Jerry Haywood and Raghu Ravinutala. Grateful to our amazing community of guests. Where should we host our next one? Aaron Byrne Alina Lantsberg Andrew Bolwell Andrew Goff Angela Jingyi Zhu Ashik Ardeshna Ashley Gibb, PhD Ashok Divakaran Austin Noronha Beti Cung Cathal McCarthy Choong S. Darrell Leong Deepak Jeevankumar Eylul Kayin Faruk Muratovic Flora (Florence) Zagruzny Gareth Gaston Gene L. Indradeep Ghosh Ivan Houlihan Jennifer Shah Josh Walker Juliet Wegener Kapil Jain Karlo Martin Lee Ott Lisa Katayama Maher M. Mazen Skaf Michael C. Hammer Pankaj Parekh Penny Harwood (continued...)

When automating complex processes requiring human judgment and decision-making, Orby CEO Bella Liu recommends a guided autonomy approach. Learn how to fast-track your AI-driven ROI in Bella’s latest post.

??? Grateful to CB Insights for inviting me to speak at the AI Agents and Copilot event last week! It was an incredible opportunity to connect with executives from leading corporations and explore their top-of-mind questions about AI agents. During the session, I shared Orby's Guided Autonomy methodology, which focuses on managing trust and reliability when deploying AI agents in production. This is a low-risk, high-impact framework that allows teams to quickly realize ROI on AI agents. Key takeaways from the broader discussion include: ?? The AI agent space is absolutely exploding, with $2.2B+ invested in 2024 YTD, a massive leap from $659M in 2023. ?? The distinction between agents and copilots is murky. At Orby, we define agents as systems capable of taking actions to complete a process or workflow. In contrast, copilots may focus more on making user recommendations rather than acting independently.? ?? While there’s significant excitement, many customers are still in the early stages of deployment and are looking to learn from real-world implementations from vendors and peers.? ?? Soon, the agent identity layer will emerge, with a few public and startup companies announcing innovative offerings. Thank you, Manlio Carrelli, Nikki Katzur, Isabelle Selles. Looking forward to continuing the conversation!

Just wrapped up an incredible event in San Francisco hosted by CB Insights and their CEO, Manlio Carrelli, focused on the latest advancements in AI agents. This was a fantastic opportunity to dive deep into the future of AI and engage with industry leaders who are pushing boundaries in the space. Great to also connect with Raghu Ravinutala & Bella Liu to share thoughts on market direction and how best to help organisations adopt these capabilities. #AI #ConversationalAI #Innovation #FutureOfWork

By now, you’ve probably heard the term #AiAgent, but what does it mean for your business? Is it a chatbot? Is it your new co-worker? In “AI Agents 101,” Orby CTO and Co-Founder WILL (Dongxu) LU dives into the latest on AI agents, how they work, and what makes them a game-changer for automation. Check it out. #AIAgents #FutureofWork