Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, presented his vision for the third wave of artificial intelligence, structured around three pillars: chatbots, coding agents, and persistent AI agents that will function as staff and colleagues alongside human teams. This third wave, described as agentic, is distinguished by the autonomy of these systems, capable of managing complex workflows and executing multi-step processes without constant human oversight. Altman predicts the first AI agents will join the workforce in 2025, while Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff targets deploying one billion Agentforce agents by end of 2025. OpenAI partnered with Paradigm to launch EVMbench in February 2026, a benchmark assessing AI’s capability in securing crypto smart contracts. The article notes that the most durable investment opportunities lie in the infrastructure, security, and compliance layers that these agents will require.
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