AI Agents Are Here; Why Aren’t They Mainstream? w/ Fetch AI CEO Humayun Sheikh

Feb 13, 2025

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Imagine telling an AI Agent, “Book me a vacation to Tokyo—flights, hotels, dinner reservations—just take care of it.” That level of automation isn’t science fiction. It’s the future of AI Agents.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the AI Agent revolution with Humayun Sheikh, CEO of Fetch AI. Fetch AI has been working on autonomous AI systems since 2018—long before AI Agents became a buzzword. Humayun was also a founding investor in DeepMind, giving him a rare, insider perspective on the evolution of AI-driven automation.

We explore the current landscape of AI Agents, and what it will take for them to go mainstream:

✅ What AI Agents can do today—and what’s still missing

✅ Why AI Agents aren’t yet mainstream despite the technology being ready

✅ The key roadblocks: lack of common protocols, interoperability, and infrastructure

✅ How Fetch AI is building a “Google for AI Agents” to solve these challenges

✅ The future of AI-powered automation and why the goal is invisible AI

We also discuss blockchain’s role in AI, decentralized models, and why large language models are becoming a commodity. Towards the end of the episode, Humayun teases the launch of a new LLM designed specifically for AI Agents.

📌 Timestamps:

[00:19] – The mission of Fetch AI: building an agent deployment framework

[02:10] – Why we need a Google of AI Agents for discovery and interaction

[04:29] – How intent translates into AI-driven task automation

[08:34] – The biggest hurdle: lack of interoperability and standardization

[13:20] – Real-world AI Agent applications today: software development, automation, and social media

[19:02] – The roadblocks preventing widespread AI Agent adoption

[25:15] – The philosophical shift: AI Agents should be invisible

[33:56] – What Fetch AI is building next: the AgentVerse marketplace, decentralized compute, and Cortex LLM

If you’re curious about the future of AI-driven automation, decentralized AI, and the next wave of digital assistants, this episode is a must-listen.🎧 Subscribe to AI-Curious for deep dives into the world of AI.

• Fetch AI:

https://fetch.ai/

Humayun Sheikh

https://x.com/HMsheikh4

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