"What if your startup's first hire wasn't a person-but an AI agent?"
"Thirty students, divided into six startup-style teams, were given access to Microsoft 365 Copilot with the latest agent capabilities and asked to reimagine how work gets done when AI is embedded from day one."
"Their mission: break traditional workflows, build "Frontier Firm" companies, and explore the future of human-agent collaboration."
A semester-long collaboration between Microsoft and NYU Stern's Tech MBA program asked what happens if a startup's first hire is an AI agent. Thirty students, split into six startup-style teams, used Microsoft 365 Copilot's agent capabilities to design workflows and companies with AI embedded from day one. Teams were tasked to break traditional workflows, build 'Frontier Firm' companies, and prototype new forms of human-agent collaboration. The exercise emphasized reimagining work processes, testing agent-enabled productivity, and exploring organizational design where AI agents act as core team members from inception.
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