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Big Ideas 2026: The Enterprise Orchestration Layer

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Dec 23, 2025
Seema Amble, a partner on the enterprise AI investing team, discusses how Fortune 500 companies can leverage coordinated multi-agent systems for efficiency. Angela Strange, an expert in financial services, advocates for the replacement of legacy systems with AI-native platforms that unify data. Alex Immerman introduces 'multiplayer mode,' where humans and agents collaborate through trust rules. David Haber emphasizes the importance of AI that reinforces business models, highlighting how proprietary outcomes data can create competitive advantages.
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INSIGHT

AI As The Enterprise Orchestration Layer

  • AI will become an orchestration layer that coordinates agents across departments and tools.
  • This shifts workflows from isolated tools to coordinated systems that plan, analyze, and execute work.
ADVICE

Build A Context Layer From Tacit Knowledge

  • Extract tacit knowledge from documents and human actions to create a shared context layer.
  • Measure agents with KPIs and eval functions and adjust their objective functions when metrics conflict.
INSIGHT

Fortune 500s Are Primed For Orchestration

  • Fortune 500s have dense, siloed data and slow change processes that make them prime targets for agent orchestration.
  • A context layer can accelerate large-scale changes like ERP or procurement rollouts across geographies.
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