In this blog post, I dive into the buzz around AI and what large language models (LLMs) can genuinely achieve. While there’s excitement about AI-first companies, I point out that discussions often feel too abstract to be practical. I explore the real opportunities AI presents, but also highlight the importance of having concrete conversations rather than lofty, vague claims. Check it out!

• What can agents actually do?: There’s a lot of excitement about what AI (specifically the latest wave of LLM-anchored AI) can do, and how AI-first companies are different from the prior generations of companies. There are a lot of important and real opportunities at hand, but I find that many of these conversations occur at such an abstract altitude that they border on meaningless. Sort of like saying that your company could be much better if you merely adopted more software. That’s certainly true, but it’s not a particularly helpful claim.