Listen : Watch : Read #3

What's been keeping me inspired & engaged this week! Well thanks to Storm Darragh, I had an extra few hours in airport lounges. Heres a selection from my playlist, watchlist and reading list! Theme of the week hashtag#AgenticAI

???Listen ???

Harry Stebbings, 20VC is on fire right now. Passion & tenacity. In the last few weeks he has interviewed TS Anil, CEO Monzo Bank, Nik Storonsky, CEO Revolut, David Vélez, CEO Nubank and George Arison, CEO Grindr.

All outstanding so far! For Agentforce, listen to the Marc Benioff, CEO Salesforce interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgsxi7IGMEU

A fascinating discussion with Eric Schmidt on AI and his upcoming book, Genesis - co authored with the late Henry Kissinger.?One of his key points is that?he is strongly in favor of?free speech?for every human, he is not in favor of?free speech?for computers and algorithms.? Here: The Risks and Opportunities of an AI Future - https://lnkd.in/e5nYQVTS

?? Watch ??

No introduction necessary - Ed Elson talks with Reed Hastings, founder of Netflix on?First Time Founders - https://lnkd.in/e3tY5XKf

Andrew Ng. ?Explores The Rise Of AI Agents and Agentic reasoning. ?Worth a watch. As he says, the term is a bit hypey! However, the work needed to build these is lower than ever before! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrRD7r7y7NY

I may have to merge Listen & Watch - I watch as many podcasts as I listen to right now (depending on travel) - I also have something on in the background almost all the time!

E.G. the recent podcast with Scott and Ed on The Art of Spending money was fab, but you can only really see Scott's emotion when he talks about the power of admiration.?Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7d1qC6D7JM&t=3s

A great discussion on how Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS - Y Combinator - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASABxNenD_U

For some fun, watch the Genasys Insurance Christmas ad from Ed Halsey, entirely created with GenAI -?huge kudos, this is magical! https://lnkd.in/eucxJ747

?? Read ??

McKinsey & Company 2025 Global Insurance Report is a comprehensive read across P&C retail, commercial and growth & relevance in life and beyond - https://lnkd.in/e9DtNdsv

Tomasz Tunguz, VC at Theory Ventures leans in with 'The year Algorithms learn to act' - https://lnkd.in/egV_pRBA

Singularity join the debate - AI Agents Arrive - https://lnkd.in/eNw8iYza linking to a great piece from Kylie Robison at The Verge, https://lnkd.in/eDmBQD8i?

None of this is possible without Long Context?- Steven Johnson - a fab read, Context is always king! https://lnkd.in/escpBxUtAnd of course, how you do all this with Google Cloud - https://bit.ly/4guSI25

Thats my bumper playlist! Enjoy, would love your feedback, share yours below.

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