$4B Box CEO: This Is The Best Time To Build An AI Company

📌 If you're building with agents — visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q3_agntcy_ww_paid-media_ioa-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More or Join Us at AGNTCY.org (https://agntcy.org/) Aaron Levie built Box from his college dorm into a $4 billion company. 64% of the Fortune 500 runs on his platform. He meets with 20+ enterprise CIOs every month — he sees AI deployment data nobody else does. In this conversation he says the next 3 years will create the next wave of giants. He explains which jobs disappear first and which ones get bigger. And he tells me why he still wants a human at the beginning and end of every AI workflow he runs. *Timestamps:* 0:00 — Intro 2:44 — What to Tell Someone Scared of AI Layoffs 4:43 — Why Agents Always Need a Human Supervisor 15:00 — Why Enterprise AI Adoption Is Slower Than Silicon Valley Thinks 19:07 — What Aaron Looks for When Hiring Right Now 20:31 — Top 3 AI Tools Everyone Should Be Using 28:17 — Why the 3-Year Window Is Real 30:39 — Where the Real Market Gaps Are Right Now 33:04 — Which Industries Have the Biggest Opportunity 44:19 — Which Jobs Will Disappear in the Next 5 Years? 51:05 — Final Advice for Entrepreneurs Starting Today *Links:* 📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=AaronLevie 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co #podcast #AaronLevie