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The New AI Agents That Shop, Plan, and Gossip

Will we have one AI assistant that does everything, or an entire network of agents that know different parts of our lives? David Pawlan, creator of Assistant Benchmark, returns with Anish Acharya and Josh Elman to take stock of how quickly the agent landscape has changed. David has now tested more…

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  1. 2026-11-04 11:00 · a16z Podcast
    The New AI Agents That Shop, Plan, and Gossip

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