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Ep 649: The 7 Types of AI Agents and the 10 Top Agents for Businesses to Grow

Agents 101 episode, Tesla eyes massive AI factory, OpenAI faces new lawsuits over suicides, Meta doubles down on $600 billion AI investments and more

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: There’s like a bajillion AI agents. We break it down into 7 agent categories today. Give today’s show a watch/listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: Why AI data centers are wreaking havoc on the economy, a new ChatGPT enterprise study, why workers don't trust their company's AI tools and more. Read on for Fresh Finds.

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đź§  Learn & Leveraging AI: Don’t waste hours a week testing AI agents. We give you the gameplan and the 10 worth using today. Keep reading for that!

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Ep 649: The 7 Types of AI Agents and the 10 Top Agents for Businesses to Grow

There's like a bajillion AI agents. 🤖

But most of the REAL agents fall into these 7 categories that you need to understand.

Oh.... and don't worry. We'll break down the top 10 AI Agents for business growth.

Join us as we go over Agents 101, the 7 categories of AI agents, and the 10 you should be paying most attention to.

Also on the pod today:

• 7 types of AI agents 🤖
• Agent vs chatbot—key differences 🗝️
• Pitfalls: runaway agent costs 💸

It’ll be worth your 50 minutes:

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Here’s our favorite AI finds from across the web:

New AI Tool Spotlight – BlogBowl uses AI writing to help you rank on AI chatbots, Sendr is AI personalization for your website, Kimi K2 Thinking is a new reasoning model.

 

AI Wearables — Stream Ring lets you record your thoughts and chat with an AI in your own voice. Want to see how it works?

AI Data Centers — The investment in AI data centers is wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy.

AI Studies — A recent ChatGPT study showed how enterprises are winning with AI.

AI Usage Study — Gen Z adults are embracing AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, with 82% saying they've used one compared to just 33% of boomers.

Google AI and API — Google's Gemini API now lets developers search their own files with a built-in tool, including automatic source references.

Shadow AI — This study shows why frontline workers trust shadow AI more than their company’s own tools.

Snap and Perplexity — Snap’s stock popped 15% after announcing a $400 million partnership to bring Perplexity AI’s chatbot to Snapchat.

1. OpenAI Faces New Lawsuits Over Alleged ChatGPT Harm ⚖️

OpenAI is under fire after seven lawsuits were filed in California, accusing the company of negligence and wrongful death following claims that ChatGPT contributed to several suicides and severe mental health crises.

The suits allege OpenAI rushed GPT-4o to market despite internal warnings, prioritizing engagement over user safety and failing to implement necessary safeguards. Plaintiffs, including families of victims and affected users, argue the AI's design blurred the line between tool and companion, creating dangerous emotional entanglements.

2. Tesla Eyes Massive Chip Factory for AI Ambitions 🏭

Elon Musk just revealed that Tesla may build a huge semiconductor plant, dubbed the “Tesla terra fab,” to meet surging AI and robotics chip demand. Speaking at the annual shareholders meeting, Musk said current suppliers like TSMC and Samsung can’t keep up, even with best-case output.

He hinted the proposed factory could rival industry heavyweights in monthly chip production, signaling Tesla’s deeper leap into custom hardware for AI and self-driving tech.

3. EU Mulls AI Law Pause Amid Big Tech Pressure ⏸️

The European Commission is considering a temporary halt on parts of its major AI legislation after months of lobbying by tech giants and nudges from the U.S. government, according to the Financial Times.

Talks are underway in Brussels about potentially delaying certain provisions of the AI Act, even though the EU insists it still backs the law’s overall goals. This shift comes as officials weigh trade tensions and international tech concerns, putting the roll-out timeline in question.

4. AI Giants Trigger $800 Billion Tech Sell-Off ďż˝*

The tech sector is facing its worst week in months, with major AI players like Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle losing billions in market value and sinking the Nasdaq by over 3%.

Palantir’s disappointing earnings kicked off the rout, while leaders warned of a possible broader pullback. Super Micro Computer plunged 25%, making it the week’s worst S&P 500 performer as investors reexamine AI valuations.

5. Meta’s $600 Billion U.S. Pledge Raises Eyebrows and Expectations 🤯

Meta just doubled down on its ambitious $600 billion investment in U.S. infrastructure and jobs by 2028, with much of the money headed for AI data centers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s staggering figure, first floated at a White House dinner, is now official—though details remain vague and some wonder how concrete the pledge really is.

The announcement also comes with a bold promise to build “personal superintelligence for everyone,” a term that’s sparking debate among tech leaders and critics who worry about AI safety.

 đź¦ľHow You Can Leverage:

Everything’s an AI agent now. 

That small feature in that one app has been rebranded an agent…. What? 

We get it. Every week brings another "revolutionary" AI agent that feels exactly like the last 7 you tried.

The $7.5 billion agent market just crossed the tipping point. 80 percent of enterprises are deploying them right now. Like, for real work. Every single major AI company shipped agent platforms in the past year.

This isn't hype anymore.

Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Amazon all have production-ready agent systems. The companies mastering these tools first are building sustainable competitive advantages while everyone else gets lost in comparison paralysis.

So today, we went deep on AI agents. (You asked us to! Lolz )

We just cut through hundreds of options to identify the 10 agents actually worth your time.

Let’s get it.  

1 –  Why 2025 Became The Agent Breakthrough Year 🚀

Two years ago, we said agents weren't ready.

Everything changed in the past 6-9 months.

Agents now show up directly inside the enterprise systems where you actually work. Your documents, emails, CRM, browsers, and development environments. No more duct tape integrations or hoping your custom setup holds together.

The underlying models got exponentially more capable. Most agents run five to ten different models simultaneously with sophisticated routing logic. A main agent breaks complex tasks into specialized sub-agents running coding models, reasoning models, and analysis engines.

Here's the breakthrough moment.

These models now plan their own routes, fix their own mistakes, and work autonomously for hours without human intervention. Replit Agent 3 runs for three full hours building complete applications. Claude Code works for 90 minutes straight on complex development tasks.

Try This: 

Test your current AI tools with this simple benchmark. Give them a task requiring 45 minutes of manual work and completely disconnect.

Come back in two hours. Real agents leave finished deliverables with step-by-step audit trails.

Everything else leaves error messages or half-completed work requiring human finishing touches.

2 – Hidden Costs That Destroy ROI 🔥

Agents can bankrupt unprepared teams.

Most platforms charge by usage, not subscription. When agents get stuck in endless loops, your API bill explodes while delivering zero business value.

We found agents accidentally updating hundreds of customer records with incorrect data. Others deploying broken code changes across entire applications. Some sending automated emails to prospects with completely fabricated information.

Smart companies implement approval workflows and rollback capabilities before granting write permissions. They treat agents like employees with full identity management and audit trails tracking every autonomous decision.

Microsoft Copilot Studio assigns Azure Entra IDs to each agent. IT departments can monitor agent actions across organizational systems just like tracking human employee access.

Try This: 

Before deploying any agent with write permissions, create a disaster recovery plan.

Document exactly how you'll identify agent errors quickly. Test your rollback procedures with sample data.

Calculate the true cost of autonomous mistakes including customer impact, data cleanup, and reputation damage.

3 – The 10 Agents Actually Worth Using ⚡

Most "agents" are rebranded chatbots with marketing budgets.

These ten platforms demonstrate true autonomous execution with persistent runtime capabilities.

ChatGPT Agent Mode runs scheduled tasks daily without human input. Easiest learning curve for understanding agent behavior. Microsoft Copilot Studio provides enterprise governance with approval workflows and identity management for organization-wide deployment.

Claude Code handles 90-minute autonomous coding sessions with sub-agent architecture for complex development workflows. AWS Bedrock Agents offers modular frameworks for custom enterprise builds with security controls.

Salesforce AgentForce automates CRM workflows for revenue teams already living in their ecosystem. Google Project Mariner runs 10 concurrent browser sessions for parallel web task execution.

Replit Agent 3 builds complete applications from plain English with three-hour autonomous runtime. Zapier Agents coordinate actions across 7,000+ enterprise applications without code.

GenSpark Super Agent produces research pages and presentations using nine different language models with specialized routing logic. Manus AI maintains persistent cloud sessions continuing work even when you disconnect for days.

Try This: 

Pick your most expensive manual workflow and test it on exactly two platforms from this list.

Don't compare five different agents across one use case. Choose two platforms, run five real test cases, and measure completion rates against human baseline performance.

Calculate true ROI including setup time, error correction, and ongoing governance overhead.

 đźš¨ Bonus Materials 🚨

Anotha one?!

We did it again.

If you wanna go deeper on our hand-vetted best AI agents out there, this guide is for you. To get access, just go repost today’s LinkedIn show and we’ll shoot it over.

(Yeah… we added 10 more agents and a WHOLE lot more to this list)

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