What Are The Essentials for Reimagining Work with AI Agents?

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We’re only at the very beginning of the AI transformation. The next big leap isn’t just smarter chatbots, it’s AI agents: tools that don’t just answer questions but loop, reason, and complete whole tasks within your workflows. In this episode, journalist and author Kamal Ahmed sits down with Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, to explain how a strong content and AI strategy enables organisations to rethink how work gets done across their businesses using AI agents. Learn why most companies don’t actually have an AI problem but a data problem, how unstructured data is becoming an untapped goldmine, and why governance, trust, and security are just as important as innovation. From experimentation and scaling, to ROI and common pitfalls, this conversation maps out how leaders can move from dabbling with AI to deploying agents that create real value. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Box. Get the latest AI news here - https://blog.box.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think most enterprises aren't pushing AI enough, and they are happy with too limited
0:06.5	of gains from AI models, and they could actually be going way bigger with AI.
0:11.0	They could actually be pushing the model to do far more for them.
0:15.0	Hello and welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
0:20.8	This episode is sponsored by Box. I'm
0:22.8	Kamal Ahmed, journalist and author. And today, we're taking you into the world of AI agents.
0:29.9	The reality of AI is both complex and fascinating. Across the UK, AI agents are quietly transforming
0:36.8	how businesses work.
0:38.3	But the real question is, how do you turn promise into measurable impact?
0:43.3	And what does the next wave of intelligent, autonomous AI agents mean for the way we live and work?
0:50.3	Now, we've heard all the fear-mongering, the bold claims, and a lot from many fortune
0:57.1	tellers. But how can we possibly separate fact from sci-fi, particularly when it comes to our
1:03.5	businesses, jobs and products? Well, to help me figure all that out and more, I'm joined by
1:09.4	Aaron Levy. Aaron is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Box, the leading, intelligent content
1:15.9	management platform that he founded in 2005.
1:19.9	Aaron has been instrumental in the company's growth, seeing Box evolve into a leader in content
1:25.3	and AI that helps its customers across industries
1:28.3	reimagine how work gets done in their organizations with AI.
1:33.2	So he's the perfect person to help us answer some of those vital questions
1:37.4	that I'm sure many of us have about AI in the workplace.
1:41.8	Welcome, Aaron.
1:43.1	Thanks for having me. Now, I'd like to kick us off right away with a bit of a
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