Explore the fundamentals of building reliable AI agents in this 18-minute conference talk by Travis Fischer, a technical founder with two exits and experience at Microsoft and Amazon. Delve into the primitives necessary for constructing more dependable agents and discover the primary business use cases that agentic automation will enable in the coming years. Learn about the spectrum of agents, challenges in their development, and receive practical advice for implementation. Examine a scripted workflow example to gain insights into the process of creating effective AI agents for real-world applications.