What Is an AI Agent?
AI + a16z28 Huhti 2025

What Is an AI Agent?

In this episode of AI + a16z, a16z Infra partners Guido Appenzeller, Matt Bornstein, and Yoko Li discuss and debate one of the tech industry's buzziest words right now: AI agents. The trio digs into the topic from a number of angles, including:

  • Whether a uniform definition of agent actually exists
  • How to distinguish between agents, LLMs, and functions
  • How to think about pricing agents
  • Whether agents can actually replace humans, and
  • The effects of data siloes on agents that can access the web.

They don't claim to have all the answers, but they raise many questions and insights that should interest anybody building, buying, and even marketing AI agents.

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