Sun.Jul 13, 2025

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The Rise of the Agent Manager

Tom Tunguz

If 2025 is the year of agents, then 2026 will surely belong to agent managers. Agent managers are people who can manage teams of AI agents. How many can one person successfully manage? I can barely manage 4 AI agents at once. They ask for clarification, request permission, issue web searches—all requiring my attention. Sometimes a task takes 30 seconds.

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Aaron Levie Box’s CEO: The Great AI Acceleration: Why No Position Is Safe (And That’s Good News)

SaaStr

“This is the most stressed I’ve ever been. And that’s actually a good sign.” — Aaron Levie, CEO Box “Right now we’re in an environment where nobody can take any of their position for granted,” Levie shared during our conversation. “My stress is absolutely a corollary to how interesting the technology industry is.

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Dear SaaStr: How Do I Know If My New VP of Marketing Is Working Out?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: How Do I Know If My New VP of Marketing Is Working Out? It’s tough. Way too many senior marketers today just want to be strategists. Or just manage a few agencies and work on brand. That’s not what you need. You’ll know if your VP of Marketing is working out by looking at a few key indicators, and you should start seeing results relatively quickly—within the first 90 days.