Agents at work

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes talks with Ben, the builder behind Polsia. Ben is building an AI “founding team” that can spin up and run online businesses end-to-end. Instead of asking “what can agents do in theory?”, He runs the growth loop for real: generate an idea, ship a landing page, wire up Stripe, run outreach/ads, respond to customers, ship fixes, and repeat without a hum...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes sits down with Yunfan, an ex-Google / ex-Meta (Llama 3) engineer now building agents at Yutori, to talk about what it actually takes to ship agents that run continuously and stay reliable in the real world. Yunfan breaks down Scouts, Yutori’s agentic web search product that can run on a schedule (daily/weekly/hourly), browse like a human, and only no...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi sits down with Gil Feig, co-founder of Merge, to talk about the unglamorous "plumbing" that suddenly matters even more in the age of AI: integrations and data access. Gil breaks down why everyone having access to the same LLMs makes proprietary advantage shift toward who has the best data, the best access patterns, and the most reliable connection...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes sits down with Olga Beregovaya, VP of AI at Smartling, one of the leading enterprise translation and localization platforms. Together, they unpack the real state of multilingual AI and what it actually takes to translate at global scale. They explore: - The evolution of translation tech. From rule-based systems to statistical models to modern LLM-dri...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes sits down with Rodrigo Stevaux to explore how logic, formal methods, and AI are converging. Rodrigo is an economist turned technologist, researcher, and builder. They discuss: • How Rodrigo went from venture capital to deep tech and formal verification • What “formal methods” really are and why proving correctness matters more than testing • How logi...

In this episode of Agents at Work , Jordi Montes sits down with Thais Castello , Head of Marketing & Strategy at Exa.ai , the company building the first search engine designed for AI agents. They explore: Why LLMs need a new kind of search (and why Google won’t cut it) How semantic search turns the web into a “queryable database” for AI The role of speed, privacy, and customization in powering...

In this episode of Agents at Work , Jordi Montes sits down with Tom Shapland , product manager at LiveKit , the open-source platform powering real-time audio/video. They power the voice agents behind ChatGPT’s audio interface. They dive into: How a LiveKit side project became the voice pipeline for ChatGPT The rise of cascaded pipelines vs. audio-to-audio agents What makes voice turn-taking so tri...

When generating code becomes 1000x cheaper and code reviews become the bottleneck. In this episode, Jordi interviews Nimrod , co-founder and CTO of Baz Baz is a company focused on code review through advanced AI and understanding of code semantics. They discuss the evolution of code analysis tools, the transition from previous ventures, and the importance of context in code reviews. Nimrod shares...

In this episode of Agents at Work Jordi Montes interviews Saqib Ameen, a founding engineer at Langbase.  They explore the evolution of AI development beyond Silicon Valley, Saqib's journey from working on symbolic programming to building sophisticated AI agents, and the exciting launch of Chai, a platform for building and deploying production-ready AI agents. Discover how Langbase's primit...

In this conversation, Jordi Montes and Anita from Vellum discuss the evolving landscape of AI solutions, particularly in enterprise settings. Anita, Head of Growth at Vellum.ai , emphasizes the importance of building reliable AI systems in the enterprise context. She shares her experiences building solutions for real world use cases in companies like Headspace or Redfin. The discussion also touche...

In this conversation, Jordi Montes and Tereza Tizkova dive deep into the challenges and opportunities around running AI-generated code safely and efficiently. Tereza explains how their E2B provides essential cloud sandbox infrastructure designed specifically for AI agents. The discussion explores why AI-generated code must be executed in secure, isolated environments and how E2B’s solution leverag...

In this episode, Jordi Montes and Sully Omar discuss the evolution of AI agents, emphasizing the importance of hands-on tinkering in understanding and developing these technologies. They explore the definition of AI agents, the future of their simplification and intelligence, and the implications of frameworks like MCP for AI interactions. The conversation also touches on the role of payment syste...

In this episode, Jordi Montes and Johno Whitaker ( https://answer.ai ) discuss the evolving landscape of AI agents, exploring definitions, the impact of generative AI, and how AI development is becoming more accessible. Answer. AI is a new kind of AI R&D lab which creates practical end-user products based on foundational research breakthroughs. You can think about it as Xerox Labs for the AI e...

In this conversation, Jordi Montes and Roy Derks discuss the evolution of AI agents, the role of IBM in the AI landscape, and the capabilities of the WatsonX platform. Roy explores the concept of agents in AI, industry adoption of AI technologies, and the balance between legal and engineering perspectives in large organizations. He also shares his journey from startups to IBM, highlighting the cha...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes interviews Aiswarya from Entelligence, a company building AI engineering agents to help large engineering teams reduce overhead and focus on product development. Aiswarya explains how Entelligence's tools assist with code reviews, documentation, and team coordination. She explains how their AI agents can catch issues in code, keep documentation conti...

In this episode, Jordi Montes interviews Josh Meyer, a founding engineer at Tollbit. Josh discusses the evolution of AI agents, LLMs (Large Language Models), and how tools are being integrated into AI applications. Josh shares insights from his work at Tollbit, a company helping publishers monetize AI systems that scrape their websites. He also explains his project BrowserPassport, which provides...

In this episode, Jordi Montes speaks with Arjun Chintapalli and Bhavani Kalisetty, co-founders of Retriever ( https://rtrvr.ai ), about the evolution of browser AI copilots. Arjun shares his background in federated learning at Google before founding RTRVR in December. Browser extension approach to AI assistance represents a significant advancement over traditional automation methods. By interpreti...

In this episode, Jordi Montes and Thorsten Ball discuss the evolving landscape of AI agents, particularly in the context of Sourcegraph and software development. Thorsten is back to working at Sourcegraph after one year helping to develop the Zed code editor. He is well know in the Golang and software engineering communities as the author of "Writing An Interpreter In Go"and "Writin...

In this episode, Jordi Montes and David from Aomni discuss the evolving landscape of AI agents, their definitions, and their implications for software interaction and sales operations. David and his projects went viral multiple times the last one being an open source version of Deep Research. His company, Aomni, enables B2B sales reps save more than 7 hours per week on prospect research. David sha...

In this episode, Jordi Montes and Matt Wyman discuss the evolving landscape of AI agents, exploring their definitions, applications, and the challenges faced in building complex systems. Matt shares his journey from engineering to product management, highlighting the importance of understanding user behavior and the need for new monitoring tools tailored for AI systems. They delve into diverse use...

In this episode of Agents at Work, Jordi Montes interviews Christopher David , founder and CEO of OpenAgents , discussing the evolution of AI agents, their functionality, and the future of coding agents. Christopher shares insights on the development of ONYX, a mobile app for coding agents, and the importance of transparency and trust in AI development. The conversation also touches on the impact...