Sidebar Speaker Series: Automate everything: Demystify AI Agents and build an Agent with with Jacob Bank
AI agents aren’t just the future, they’re how Jacob Bank, CEO of Relay.app, runs a entire company super lean today. With over 40+ agents managing operations across marketing, support, finance, and sales, Jacob offers a front-row look into how AI can become your most valuable team member, especially if you’re a solopreneur or lean operator.
This session blends strategy with action. You’ll get a firsthand look at how to think about automation and beyond as a business capability, not just a technical experiment. Then, you’ll watch Jacob design and build an AI agent live, showing the real-world decisions, iterations, and impact behind the scenes.
If you’re looking to scale without hiring, stay focused on high-leverage work, and make AI work for you, this session delivers both vision and execution. Walk away with practical assets, deeper understanding, and a roadmap to start integrating agents into your business immediately.
Speaker Bio:
Jacob Bank is the Founder and CEO of Relay.app. Prior to founding Relay.app, Jacob was a Director of Product Management at Google, where he led the product teams for Gmail, Google Calendar, and several other Google Workspace products. Before that, Jacob was the Co-founder and CEO of Timeful (acquired by Google in 2015), a smart calendar that leveraged insights from behavioral psychology and AI to help people spend time on their most important priorities. He has a BA in Computer Science from Cornell University and was pursuing a PhD in the AI Lab at Stanford before dropping out to found Timeful.