Key Takeaways AI agents are technologies that can autonomously perform multi-step tasks. Jai Das, cofounder and president of venture capital firm Sapphire Ventures, believes AI agents will take on more of the workload over time as they prove reliable. He says that agents excel in areas like financial analysis. AI can already summarize emails and schedule meetings to make work easier. AI agents , however, go further by handling tasks on their own without needing you to step in. They act like junior teammates , not like simple assistants, and can follow instructions, adapt to feedback and improve over time.  “We are in the early days of developing AI agents,” Jai Das , cofounder and president of Sapphire Ventures, a venture capital firm with over $10 billion in assets, said on Monday at the AI Agent Conference in New York City. That early-stage status means most of the truly powerful systems are still experimental.…