The Agent Era: Building Software Beyond Chat with Box CEO Aaron Levie

Episode notes

Erik Torenberg, Steve Sinofsky, and Martin Casado speak to Aaron Levie, CEO at Box, about what happens to enterprise software when agents become the primary users. They discuss why coding agents succeed where other knowledge work agents struggle, what abstraction layers mean for the workforce, and how data access and systems of record must change in an agent-first world. Follow Aaron Levie on X: Follow Steve Sinofsky on X: Follow Martin Casado on X: Follow Erik Torenberg on X: Check out everything a16z is doing with artificial intelligence here , including articles, projects, and more podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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