At the time of the conversation, Kelly Vaughn was Director of Engineering at Spot AI and the author of the Modern Leader newsletter. She joined Chain of Thought for a pragmatic take on the agent bubble, the difference between AI-enabled and traditional software, and why replacing humans with AI teams tends to backfire.
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Yeah. Because they have no differentiator. We often focus on being first to market as being the best. And that is simply not the case. First to market might give you a leg up at the outset, but you have to follow through with that. And that's what ends up actually missing out on a lot of these opportunities.
The Agent Bubble Debate | Spot AI's Kelly Vaughn
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