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The pros and cons of using AI agents as early employees | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Most startups today are using AI in some capacities: vibe coding prototypes or new features, deep research via their favorite chat before sales calls. Many are also building AI products, or at least including AI options and features. So should you embed AI at the root operations of your businesses like hiring AI agents instead…

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Most startups today are using AI in some capacities: vibe coding prototypes or new features, deep research via their favorite chat before sales calls. Many are also building AI products, or at least including AI options and features.

So should you embed AI at the root operations of your businesses like hiring AI agents instead of humans for sales? For customer support? To automate your billing? Learn how to pick the right use cases, build smarter workflows, and get the biggest impact with limited resources from these two experts from TechCrunch Disrupt 2025…

Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, Co-founder and CEO, Artisan
Sarah Franklin, CEO, Lattice

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  1. @TarotSymbolism

    November 18, 2025 at 11:18 am

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  2. @soy_terricola

    November 18, 2025 at 7:51 pm

    Agents are for augmenting small teams! I am working in Agentic Users to push AI agents implementation for solopreneurs, consultants and more!

    The goal is to allow people to provide better services with real relationships and let AI manage non core work!

  3. @AI7Music

    November 18, 2025 at 7:53 pm

    Let’s be clear: if you build and deploy an AI agent, the liability falls on YOU, not Big Tech. Companies like OpenAI and Google shield themselves with API contracts that limit their liability. When your agent goes rogue and causes harm, it’s YOUR company that will face lawsuits and regulatory fines. You can’t outsource responsibility.

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Building beyond LLMs with Luma AI’s Amit Jain (Live at Web Summit Qatar) | Equity Podcast

LLMs may have kicked off this AI boom, but the ceiling is closer than the hype suggests. As models run out of text data to train on, the companies and investors paying attention are already moving on. The next wave isn’t better chatbots; it’s machines that can understand the physical world. Luma AI, the Bay…

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LLMs may have kicked off this AI boom, but the ceiling is closer than the hype suggests. As models run out of text data to train on, the companies and investors paying attention are already moving on. The next wave isn’t better chatbots; it’s machines that can understand the physical world. Luma AI, the Bay Area lab that raised over $1.4 billion from a16z, Nvidia, and Amazon, is betting on exactly that.

On episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we’re bringing you a conversation Rebecca Bellan sat down with Amit Jain, co-founder and CEO of Luma AI, at Web Summit Qatar. Together, the pair dug into where the next trillion-dollar AI opportunity actually gets built, and whether the companies chasing it even know what they’re building yet.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

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00:00 Intro

01:13 Why LLMs are hitting a ceiling

02:43 The data problem & what comes after LLMs

04:30 What actually makes a world model a world model

06:05 Why 3D data is a dead end

07:39 What Luma is building next

09:08 How much humans stay in the loop

10:00 Near-term use cases for agentic video

11:22 Will AI kill jobs in film & production?

13:30 Why the entertainment industry is already dying

15:27 Why we actually need more content, not less

17:46 Luma’s roadmap: generation, understanding, and robotics

19:54 Outro

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iPhone in Space! Plus 5 MORE Apple Products That Went to Space | One More Thing

The iPhone has been to space a few times now — in fact, Apple products have a long history of space travel. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks back at notable moments, including the Macintosh Portable sending the first email in space. Read more about it on CNET.com Artemis II Astronauts Are Using iPhones to Capture Stunning…

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The iPhone has been to space a few times now — in fact, Apple products have a long history of space travel. CNET’s Bridget Carey looks back at notable moments, including the Macintosh Portable sending the first email in space.

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0:44 Getting an iPhone 17 Pro Max into space with the NASA Artemis II crew
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3:45 iPads on the International Space Station
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4:00 iPod on space shuttle Discovery in 2006
4:15 Astro Jessica uses AirPods in space on ISS
4:37 Apple Watch in space
4:51 The mac goes interstellar
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5:26 First email sent in space in 1991 from a Macintosh Portable
5:31 ThinkPads used in NASA missions
5:45 Microsoft Outlook glitches in space for Artemis II crew
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Americans loved drinking radioactive ‘miracle water’ in 1920s

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