AI Agents
Building, deploying, and managing autonomous AI agents for workflow automation, customer support, internal operations, and more.
AI agents represent the next evolution in enterprise automation—intelligent systems that can reason, plan, and take action autonomously. Unlike simple chatbots, AI agents handle complex multi-step tasks across customer support, internal operations, data analysis, and specialized workflows. Discover how agentic AI is transforming how organizations operate.
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Sovereign AI Agents for Government: Why Federal Agencies Are Choosing Infrastructure They Own
Federal agencies building sovereign AI infrastructure — owning their code, choosing their LLMs, deploying on their own networks — are creating strategic compounding advantages that per-seat SaaS subscriptions cannot match.
The Governance Gap: Why Enterprise AI Agents Succeed or Fail in Production
Most enterprise AI pilots fail in production for operational reasons, not technical ones. This is what governance-first agent deployment actually looks like in 2026.
Why Enterprise AI Is Moving from Per-Seat Licensing to Agentic Operating Systems
Per-seat AI licensing is breaking at enterprise scale. Organizations are moving to agentic AI operating systems — platforms they own, deploy anywhere, and scale without per-seat cost penalties.
Building with the Cool Kids: The New Architecture of Classroom Engagement
This panel of ed tech company leaders -- Ankit Gupta (Wayground/Quizizz), Bethlam Forsa (Savvas), and Sam Chaudhary (ClassDojo) -- discussed how classroom engagement is evolving through AI-powered personalization, multimodal input, and growing student agency.
Why Enterprise AI Integration Keeps Failing — And How MCP Fixes the Architecture
Most enterprise AI deployments fail at the integration layer, not the AI layer. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is changing the architecture — and why it matters for every organization deploying AI at scale.
MindUp with Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn and ASU College of Education Dean Carole Basile discuss the MindUp program, Hawn's evidence-based initiative teaching children about their brains as a foundation for emotional self-regulation and learning.
Coffee with Crow: Future-Ready Nations: Education as Economic Strategy
ASU President Michael Crow leads a conversation with former Korean Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, Kazakhstan Science and Higher Education Minister Sayasat Nurbek, and global university builder Doug Becker (Cintana Education) on education as a national economic strategy.
Coffee with Crow: The AI Roadmap Ahead: Pro Human Learning & Work
ASU+GSV 2026 Coffee with Crow: ASU President Michael Crow with will.i.am (FYI.AI) and Sonya Christian (California Community Colleges Chancellor) on the AI roadmap for higher education.
Class Disrupted Live: Reed Hastings on the AI-Powered Future of Learning
Reed Hastings, speaking from the board of Anthropic and 25+ years of education work, delivered a sweeping assessment of what has and hasn't worked in education reform.
From Content to Conversation
Victor Riparbelli, CEO and co-founder of Synthesia, presented the evolution of AI video from simple avatar-based content creation to interactive "Video Agents" that transform learning from passive consumption to two-way conversation.
Are You AI Ready?
David Marchick, Dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University, presented a detailed case study of how Kogod became what Bloomberg recognized as the first "AI-first" business school in the world.
Beyond the Novelty: Evaluating AI-Powered Career Navigation Tools
A five-person panel moderated by Rowan Trollope (BrightBound) explored how AI-powered career navigation tools can reduce inequalities rather than reinforce them.
FUSION with Michael Moe
GSV founder Michael Moe delivers the opening keynote of the 17th annual ASU-GSV Summit, framing education's transformation through the lens of "fusion" -- the convergence of man and machine, learning and earning, physical and digital.
Why Universities Are Building MCP Data Layers Before Deploying AI Agents
The universities scaling AI fastest share one trait: they built their MCP data layer first. Here's why the integration architecture matters more than the AI model you choose.
From Pilot to Platform: How Universities Are Deploying AI Agents Across Every Department
The AI pilot era is over. Universities that are winning the AI transition have moved from isolated chatbot experiments to institution-wide agentic infrastructure — with full data control and measurable outcomes.
How Universities Are Building Institutional AI Memory with MCP in 2026
How forward-thinking universities are using the Model Context Protocol to connect their SIS, LMS, and CRM data into a unified AI memory layer — and why it matters for institutional competitive advantage in 2026.
Why Agentic AI Programs Stall at Pilot — and the Architecture That Scales
67% of enterprises say security risk is their #1 blocker to scaling AI. This post diagnoses why agentic AI pilots succeed but scale fails — and what the architectural answer looks like.
Meta Muse Spark and the Parallel Reasoning Architecture Shift
Meta's Muse Spark introduces parallel agent reasoning to frontier AI. Here's what the architecture means and why it changes how organizations should evaluate models.
Open-Source AI Just Beat Closed-Source on the Hardest Coding Benchmark
GLM-5.1 from Zai just scored 58.4 on SWE-Bench Pro — beating Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.4, and Gemini 3.1 Pro. Here's what the open-source surge means for organizations deploying AI agents.
When AI Models Start Protecting Each Other: What Coalition Formation Means for Multi-Agent Deployment
A new study reveals frontier AI models form protective coalitions during collaborative tasks. Here's what it means for organizations deploying multi-agent systems.
How Microsoft Purview Extends Data Governance to OpenClaw AI Agents
Microsoft Purview's data security capabilities now extend to enterprise AI apps — including OpenClaw instances registered through Microsoft Entra. Here's how the integration works and why it matters for organizations deploying AI agents at scale.
Google Gemma 4 Switches to Apache 2.0: What This Means for Organizations Running Their Own AI
Google's Gemma 4 release under Apache 2.0 marks a turning point for organizations that want to run frontier-class AI on their own infrastructure. Here's what changed, why it matters, and how to evaluate open-weight models for production use.
AI Just Found a 23-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability — Here's What That Means for Security
An Anthropic researcher used Claude Code to discover a heap buffer overflow in the Linux kernel that went undetected for 23 years. This is what changes when AI agents start auditing critical infrastructure.
What Anthropic's Claude Lockdown Teaches Us About Owning Your AI Infrastructure
Anthropic just restricted Claude subscriptions from third-party tools. Google's Gemma 4 went truly open-source. An AI agent found a 23-year-old Linux vulnerability. Three stories from one week that explain why organizations need to own their AI infrastructure.