The a16z Show AI Inside the Enterprise
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Apr 24, 2026 
Martin Casado, a16z infrastructure investor and Nicira co-founder, joins Aaron Levie, Box co-founder and CEO, for a sharp look at AI inside big companies. They dig into why corporate AI efforts stall, the gap between Silicon Valley and enterprise reality, agents as digital workers, broken permissions, messy integrations, browser agents vs APIs, and why faster AI can also create more chaos.
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Treat Agents More Like Employees Than Software
- AI agents may integrate better by inheriting workflows built for messy humans rather than forcing software-style integrations.
- Martin Casado says give agents email, logins, and access requests so they draft on human processes already refined over decades.
The Elevator Robot Shows Why APIs Matter
- Steven Sinofsky saw a CES robot enter an elevator only because another device pressed the button for it.
- The company built a separate elevator button-pusher because there was no API to call the elevator directly.
Headless SaaS Turns Agents Into Real Users
- Headless enterprise software points to a future where agents become first-class licensed users, not borrowed credentials.
- Aaron Levie cites Salesforce going headless, while Steven Sinofsky argues every agent needs its own identity and permissions.
