Beyond the LLM: The Real Limits and Next Frontier of Agentic AI
11:00 - 11:25, 20th of May (Wednesday) 2026 / Inspire
Large language models captured the world's attention, but the more interesting story is what wraps around them: agentic frameworks, MCP servers, and the messy reality of deploying autonomous systems inside enterprises that need every record auditable.
In this 25-minute conversation, Jarek Pilarczyk and Dan Lupu (Venture Partner, Earlybird; early investor in UiPath, FintechOS, Minit, Brightpick, Sintra) move past the demo-day narrative to ask harder questions. What does "agentic" actually mean once you separate it from the hype? Why is the most transformative impact of generative AI happening in copilots and low-stakes workflows, not autonomous agents? Where does human-in-the-loop stop being a safety net and start defeating the automation promise? And what's the next thing — vertical AI, embedded agents, something else entirely?
A grounded look at where the technology really is, and where the smart money is going next.
