E110: From Hype to Reality – What’s Hot (and What’s Not) in Agentic AI

In this episode, Wen Sang (Co-Founder & COO, GenSpark.ai), Christian Jester (Partner & TMT Markets Leader, PwC), and Jason Hirsch (Partner & Head of AI, Digital Platforms & Emerging Technologies Practice, Nixon Peabody) join the 10X Strategies Podcast to decode the evolving landscape of Agentic AI — what’s hot, what’s not. The panel explores how AI is reshaping work and productivity, how enterprises are navigating adoption at scale, and the legal and ethical implications of this rapid evolution. They discuss real-world use cases, sustainable business models, the no-moat reality of AI, and why open-source innovation might define the next phase of the AI revolution. ⸻
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
00:45 Meet the Panel: Wen Sang, Christian Jester, and Jason Hirsch
02:20 What’s Hot in AI — New Use Cases and The Future of Work
05:00 Empowering Knowledge Workers through AI Agents 08:15 Enterprise AI Adoption and The Governance Challenge
11:20 Legal Risks and AI Whitewashing — When Hype Becomes Hazard
15:00 Differentiation in a No-Moat World — Finding Real Value
18:30 The GenSpark Story — Building AI for Knowledge Workers
21:00 Sustainable Business Models in the AI Ecosystem
25:10 Authenticity, Self-Awareness and Investor Confidence
28:30 Governance, Security and Data Integrity in Practice
31:20 What’s Not Hot — Pitfalls, Liabilities and Legal Oversights
35:00 Licensing AI — Who Owns the Risk When Things Go Wrong?
38:30 Challenges for Founders — Regulation and General Counsel Gaps
41:15 Open-Source AI and The Thousand-Model Future
43:30 Audience Q&A and Closing Reflections