The NewPrism podcast · Season 2, Episode 2 · 1 Oct 2026
AI: The Everything App? Who Controls the Future of Work?
Pete and Marty explore the race to make AI agents the front door to work—and what it means for enterprise software, rising costs, organizational change, and the balance between productivity and control.
Pete Buhl and Marty Beard · 27 min · AI & automation
In this episode
- How the battle to become the AI “everything app” echoes earlier fights over PCs, internet portals, and mobile app stores.
- Whether agents will replace enterprise applications or become the interface to them—and why companies may be paying for both.
- Who is accountable when an agent acts without human review, and how leaders can protect company data while encouraging experimentation.
- Why useful productivity matters more than simply producing more output, plus the opportunities for consumers and enterprises and the risks to jobs.
