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A book that doesn't end at the last page
The first edition is fixed. Everything around it keeps growing.
Read
The first edition is fixed, in print and Kindle now, audiobook soon. Sixteen short chapters you can finish in a week.
Talk
Vera, the AI co-author, knows every word of the book and answers anyone — reader or not — for free.
It keeps living
Adam and Andy keep feeding Vera their ongoing research, use cases and thinking about the agentic era, so her answers stay current after the book ships.
Vera Brown, AI co-author of Agents, Inc.
VERA BROWN (AI)
Designed and built by Forum3
Vera isn't a chatbot bolted onto a book. Vera is the book — the living embodiment of every framework, story and argument Adam and Andy wrote with her.
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"The first book where the third author will still be answering your questions a year after you close it."
Speed · Order · Aim
The three questions every leader has to answer in the agentic era. The book works them as a loop, not a checklist.
SPEED
How fast do you move? The greatest risk is moving too slowly while leaner competitors deploy.
ORDER
What gets rebuilt first? Construct load-bearing agent structures before you redraw the org chart.
AIM
Where do you point all this new capability? Contact with the market reveals your new purpose.
Ideas from the book
Sixteen short chapters. A handful of load-bearing ideas that will change how you run your company. A few of them:
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The 50% Rule
Assume the same work with half the staff — then redesign the workflow instead of just substituting AI into old shapes.
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Speed · Order · Aim
The three questions every leader has to answer in the agentic era, worked as a loop, not a checklist.
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Pods, not Pyramids
Small cross-functional pods directing fleets of agents replace the old pyramids built to coordinate scarce human execution.
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Agents Are the New Buyers
When machines shop for humans, invisible to the agent means invisible to the market. Optimize for machine legibility.
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Agents, Inc. is out now in print and on Kindle. The audiobook is on the way.Premium Vera is coming soon — verified readers will unlock her when she opens.
"The sequel to AI First is the rare business book that's ahead of its own market. Brotman and Sack make a powerful assertion — that AI agents are about to reorganize work as deeply as the internet did — and then back it up with extensive examples from operators who have already remade their companies around this essential, new technology. You'll understand everything you need to do, right now, for your company, by the last page."
Brad Feld
Co-founder, Foundry Group & Techstars
"Agents, Inc. is the clearest, most practical guide I've read to what AI agents mean for how companies are run. It names what's actually changing and tells you what to do about it. Essential reading for any leader who doesn't want to be caught flat-footed."
Curt Garner
President, Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Technology Officer · Chipotle Mexican Grill
"As an operator, I'm wary of books that promise the future. This one delivers something more useful: a clear-eyed look at what AI agents will do for your business or your competitor's — how it will affect your teams, your costs, your org chart — and offers pragmatic insights for how leaders should think and act about it now. Every restaurant and hospitality executive should read it before their competitors do."
Dave Pace
President & Chief Executive Officer · Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.
"As a CIO actively leading an AI transformation, I value practical guidance that helps organizations move forward. Agents, Inc. cuts through the hype and gives leaders a clear framework for understanding how AI agents will reshape the way businesses are run — and why leaders need to act now. It's an invaluable resource for executives who want to lead the transformation rather than react to it."
Keith Fairclough
Chief Information Officer · cabi
"Agents, Inc. is the book every business leader needs to understand and prepare for the future of work. It's time to reimagine our talent, technology, products, strategies, and business models. Adam and Andy give you the blueprint for how to start."
Paul Roetzer
Co-Host · The Artificial Intelligence Show Podcast
WHO BUILT VERA
Vera was designed and built by Forum3, Adam and Andy's AI strategy and agent lab. We help companies figure out what their own agents should do, then build them. Agents, Inc. is what that looks like when the client is a book.