Learn how to integrate AI agents directly into your existing applications and unlock new levels of user experience and developer productivity with Atai Barkai, CEO of CopilotKit. Discover how CopilotKit provides the essential infrastructure to bridge advanced AI models with your current software stack, making your applications smarter and more intuitive.
What you’ll learn:
• How CopilotKit’s CoAgents and AGUI protocol simplify the integration of AI agents into any application, regardless of framework.
• The practical benefits of implementing ‘SaaS Copilots’ to reduce learning curves and enhance user interaction in complex software.
• Real-world strategies for driving significant internal efficiency gains within large enterprises using AI agents.
• Why the ‘human-plus-AI’ mental model is crucial for the foreseeable future of intelligent systems.
Atai Barkai is the founder and CEO of CopilotKit, a leading open-source framework for building production-ready AI copilots. With extensive experience in AI agent user experience, Atai shares insights from working with indie developers to Fortune 100 companies, offering a unique perspective on the evolving AI landscape.
Key topics covered:
• Bridging AI agents with existing application UIs for enhanced functionality.
• Understanding the AGUI (Agent User Interaction Protocol) for seamless agent-user communication.
• Implementing intent-based interfaces for complex SaaS applications.
• Achieving ‘industrial evolution level productivity gains’ with AI co-agents.
• The open-source model of CopilotKit and its ease of self-hosting.
This episode of AI Tinkerers One-Shot goes under the hood with Atai Barkai to share practical learnings for the community.
💡 Resources:
• CopilotKit Website - https://copilotkit.ai
• Atai Barkai LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/atai-barkai
• AI Tinkerers - https://aitinkerers.org
• One-Shot Podcast - https://aitinkerers.org/podcast
Social Media: @AITinkerers @copilotkit @ataiiam
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00:00 Introduction
00:01:20 Welcome to One-Shot
00:01:55 How Joe Met Atai
00:03:29 Getting Started with CopilotKit
00:03:52 CopilotKit Components: Standard Agent & CoAgents
00:04:50 AGUI Protocol & Events Explained
00:08:05 CopilotKit UI & Shared State Demo
00:11:34 Open Source vs. Cloud Model
00:13:18 Integrating CoAgents into Your App
00:14:38 Why Bring Agents into Applications?
00:15:39 Practical Agent Adoption & Use Cases
00:17:42 Learning More About CopilotKit
00:18:15 What Atai is Tinkering With
00:21:26 Craziest & Most Impactful Use Cases
