After all the hype, was 2025 really the year of AI agents?

Ryan is joined by Stefan Weitz, CEO and co-founder of the HumanX Conference, for a conversation on how AI has evolved in the last year. They discuss whether “the year of the agent” came to fruition, why companies are moving away from AGI, and the major blockers for AI adoption, from distrust in non-deterministic systems to enterprise data-readiness.
Episode notes:
HumanX 2026 (humanx.co), one of the biggest AI conferences of the year, is happening in San Francisco from April 6-9. Listen to our episodes (stackoverflow.blog/humanx) recorded on the conference floor last year.
Connect with Stefan on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/stefanweitz).
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