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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

The open-source email agent is available on GitHub, showcasing how various components of ambient agents can work together effectively.

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Ambient Agents and the New Agent Inbox ft. Harrison Chase

@ Sequoia Capital

Ambient Agents and the New Agent Inbox ft. Harrison Chase

05/07/25

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

An example of an ambient agent is an email agent that drafts responses or sends calendar invites, maintaining human oversight through the agent inbox.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

An example of an ambient agent is an email agent that listens for incoming emails and responds or schedules meetings accordingly.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

Unlike traditional chat agents that require human prompts, ambient agents are triggered by background events, allowing for more simultaneous operations.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

Ambient agents can handle more complex operations than chat agents due to their relaxed latency requirements, allowing them to call multiple tools and perform intricate tasks.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

Ambient agents allow for scalability, enabling thousands of them to run in the background, which significantly increases our impact.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

The user experience for ambient agents differs from chat agents, as they operate in the background without direct user interaction, yet it's important for users to engage with them.

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Y Combinator Cast

05/23/25

@ Y Combinator

The programming for the email reading agent is accessible and intuitive, allowing non-programmers to effectively instruct AI on how to manage their tasks.

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Harrison Chase

05/07/25

@ Sequoia Capital

Ambient agents listen to an event stream and act on it accordingly, potentially responding to multiple events simultaneously.

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Kevin Scott

05/20/25

@ Microsoft

The agentic web is emerging as a collaborative ecosystem where agents can perform increasingly complex tasks, driven by open protocols and services.