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How to Raise Your Agent Episode 3 | Ryan Kurt, Founder & CEO, The AI Lab

May 30, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

  • The Format: This is a professional, insightful interview. It's a casual yet deeply informed conversation between a host and a domain expert, structured to educate business leaders on a transformative technology.
  • The Key Players:
    • Host: Dave Freely, Chief Economist at ABAX Technologies. He acts as the curious, slightly overwhelmed proxy for the audience, asking the questions many business leaders are afraid to ask.
    • Guest: Ryan Kirk, founder and CEO of the AI Lab. He is a veteran of the AI space, having been at Narrative Science (an early generative AI company) and Salesforce's Agentforce team. His authority comes from a decade of hands-on experience, not just recent hype.
  • The Vibe: Educational & Urgent. The tone is calm and measured, but the underlying message is clear: this is a massive, fast-moving transformation that requires a thoughtful, human-centric response, not panic.

🗝️ Key Themes & Topics

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Ryan Kirk, Founder & CEO of The AI Lab**
  • 2 (03:12) **Ryan's Journey: Early Signs of Generative AI's Impact**
  • 3 (05:23) **Why ChatGPT Was Revolutionary**
  • 4 (06:45) **The Impact of Agentic AI**
  • 5 (08:37) **What Leaders Need from The AI Lab**
  • 6 (11:26) **Big Questions Leaders Should Ask**
  • 7 (14:11) **The New Role for People: From Service to Partnership**

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Show Notes

We continue our series How to Raise Your Agent with Ryan Kurt, Founder & CEO of The AI Lab. David Greely sits down with Ryan to discuss how AI and AI agents are transforming our companies and our economy. They talk about the big questions that business leaders should be asking right now and what the companies that are successfully navigating this moment are doing differently.

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