What are the top minds in AI actually talking about behind closed doors?
At the HumanX conference—arguably the flagship event in the AI ecosystem—hundreds of speakers (from CEOs to policymakers to Kamala Harris) shared their unfiltered thoughts on the state and future of artificial intelligence. But with so much happening at once, even attendees couldn’t absorb it all.
So HumanX did something novel: they partnered with Read.AI to record and synthesize every single session. The result? A real-time AI copilot for the conference and a post-event report that reveals the key themes, trends, and tensions shaping the industry.
In this episode, we speak with HumanX CEO Stefan Weitz and Read.AI CEO David Shim to unpack the insights from that report—what they signal for 2025, what business leaders should pay attention to, and what’s probably just noise.
We talk about the rise of agentic AI, the shift from AGI ambition to ROI expectations, and the practical realities of implementing AI inside large organizations. We also dig into issues of trust, open source, industry-specific adoption, and how AI is starting to reshape roles from customer service to legal to healthcare.
Whether you’re in strategy, ops, tech, or just trying to keep up, this conversation offers a data-driven pulse check on where enterprise AI is headed.
Highlights & Timestamps:
- [1:00] – How Read AI became the official AI copilot of the HumanX conference
- [3:10] – “You can’t be everywhere at once”—the problem this tech solves at events
- [6:15] – The most talked-about concept at HumanX: agentic AI
- [7:45] – Why AGI hype is shifting toward practical use cases with agents
- [8:58] – The fast hype-decay cycle of AI and the emerging focus on outcomes
- [12:26] – Open source, cost savings, and why business leaders care about transparency
- [14:19] – Trust as the “anchoring tenet” of enterprise AI adoption
- [16:45] – Real ROI: how Read AI identified $10M in sales pipeline in 30 days
- [20:03] – Why companies are hiding their AI wins from competitors
- [22:43] – Cross-industry learnings: how healthcare patterns may apply to other sectors
- [25:47] – The “put up or shut up” moment: 2025 as the year AI must deliver
- [29:06] – What business leaders should do before launching AI agent initiatives
- [35:03] – The #1 mistake orgs make with AI: failing to assign ownership
- [37:09] – Predictions: personalization, interoperability, and privacy friction ahead
- [42:28] – How Stefan and David personally use AI—for work, fun, and creative hacking
Links & Mentions:
- HumanX – Flagship AI conference co-founded by Stefan Weitz
- Read AI – Productivity-focused AI platform by David Shim
- Suno – AI music generation tool mentioned by Stefan
- Replit – AI coding sandbox used by Stefan for strategy visualization
- Veo by Google DeepMind – AI video generation tool referenced by David
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