By Krysten Brenlla
We’re hearing it every day – artificial intelligence is taking over. But the real question remains: is that a good thing, or a bad one?
According to the #MiamiTech community, it’s a great thing – and on Saturday, April 5, at The LAB Miami in Wynwood, more than 250 tech enthusiasts gathered together to prove why.
“People are fearful of what they don’t know – but if we teach them what’s coming, they’ll learn more and start to use artificial intelligence in a more productive way,” said Burhan Sebin, vice president of growth at Atlas Space and founder of Miami AI Hub. “That’s our goal with the Miami AI Hub and events like the Miami AI Summit.”
Launched nearly two years ago in 2023, the Miami AI Hub’s goal is to connect the #MiamiTech community through artificial intelligence – sparking conversations, innovation, collaboration, and more.
And through the Miami AI Hub’s inaugural Miami AI Agent Summit, their goal was met – to bring the brightest minds in AI together for a day of innovation, conversation, and inspiration.
AI Agents: Can we trust them?
According to experts in the machine learning and AI fields, the answer is – yes, if you’re looking to grow in today’s atmosphere.
In the first fireside chat of the afternoon, audience members heard from Clem Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face – a platform where the machine learning community can collaborate on models, datasets, and applications – and Greg Isenberg, founder and CEO of Late Checkout – a holding company that builds, acquires, and incubates cash-flowing businesses.
Throughout the conversation, the two founders discussed the importance of rapid experimentation with AI tools, the need for trust and transparency in AI systems, and the potential for innovation through AI agents across various industries – with Delangue sharing excitement about “just for fun” AI agents, and Isenberg making a bold prediction on the companies of the future being run by one person with a fleet of AI agents.
“Every day, there’s a new model, new datasets, new buzzwords, new concepts, and at the same time, usage is insane,” Delangue said about Hugging Face usage and experimentation with programmers and developers. “The best way to deal with that is to experiment fast, and accept that what’s more important is not what you build at one point, but the velocity of your building.”
When asked by an audience member an area of weakness he’s seeing in agent models and what a machine learning developer/programmer can do to get ahead, Delangue says it might be too early to tell.
“We’re very early – I think we’re going to discover a lot of limitations and risks from AI agents in the next few years,” said Delangue [pictured below]. “Something I’m a bit worried about is how little transparency and openness there is in AI agents right now.”
AI Agents in the workplace: Opportunity or risk?
Another on-stage discussion featured AI agent startups and founders who discussed the positive impacts AI agents can have on businesses and employees. The audience heard from Garrett Rowe, founder and chief technology officer at NeuralSeek, Lou Mata, co-founder and chief operating officer at Mainframe, and Ryan Doan, vice president of engineering at OutRival, who discussed the power of AI agents to increase efficiency and productivity for small, medium, and large-sized businesses.
“We believe that a future – where agents become as popular as apps on our phones – means that every company will have an agent, enabling them to collaborate and work more efficiently,” Mata said. “We’re really excited to build a platform to make that happen – where humans and agents can collaborate and work together.”
The audience asked the panelists some tough and scary questions – such as if we should start preparing for AI agents to take over the work of humans. Doan emphasized that AI agents are being built to help – not take over.
“The goal is not to replace but to upskill and give everyone that promotion, so they can focus on the more important things within their organizations,” Doan said.
The biggest takeaway: AI Is here — and you’re better off embracing it
To close out the day, audience members heard from more panelists, including Ed Sim, founder of boldstart ventures; Hernan Londono, chief technology and innovation strategist of the public sector at Lenovo; Ayal Stern, co-founder of The LAB Miami; Trevor Lee, co-founder and CEO of Myko AI; Peter Yared, CEO of InCountry; and Iman Oubou, founder of Vocable.ai.
The panelists discussed how early-stage founders can stand out with the rise of AI and ML, and how enterprises – like Lenovo – are adopting AI within their practices. They also discussed the real-world adoption of AI within content and communication, and the hurdles presented with privacy.
Although April’s Summit has wrapped up, Sebin shared that AI enthusiasts can look forward to an even bigger summit this fall – with more speakers and fireside chats, a startup panel, a hackathon, and more.
“On October 11, 2025, it’s going to be a full day – we’re going to have even more speakers and panelists, and we’re expecting nearly 700 attendees,” Sebin said. “Our big goal is very simple, but profound – making Miami a global tech hub.”
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