Agentic Stories

Alex Hirsu

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The AI agent economy moves fast and the coverage hasn't caught up. Agentic Stories is a daily show and weekly newsletter covering the governance, security, and deployment stories that matter. For founders, engineers, and operators who need to stay ahead of what agents are actually doing in the world.

3 HR AGO

Your AI Agent Can Be Hijacked Mid-Task. OpenAI Just Confirmed It.

Three stories that didn't make enough noise this week. China's national cybersecurity agency issued its second warning in under a week about OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework going viral across China. This time with a government dos and don'ts list. Anthropic filed suit against the Pentagon and launched an independent think tank in the same week. Two moves that look separate but are actually one play: litigate the immediate threat, shape the intellectual environment that produces the next policy. The Anthropic Institute is worth watching closely. What they publish first will tell you everything about where they're pushing AI governance. And OpenAI published a defensive playbook for prompt injection, explaining exactly how adversarial inputs hidden in web pages and documents can hijack your agent mid-task. If the lab that built the agents needs a defensive playbook, what does that say about every enterprise that deployed one six months ago and hasn't thought about this once? Plus: a mention of AgentGuard (agent-guard.io) — built specifically for this problem.—Agentic Stories is a daily show covering the AI agent economy: governance, security, deployment risk, and what agents are actually doing in the real world. agenticstories.ai

10 min
21 HR AGO

Amazon's AI Broke Amazon. Here's What That Means For Your Agents.

Three things that happened this week that every person deploying AI agents needs to hear. Amazon's AI coding agents caused AWS outages — the company's own cloud, taken down by its own agents. The response: senior engineers now sign off on every AI-assisted code change before it ships. Microsoft announced Agent 365, a $99/user/month governance suite — to fix the agent sprawl Microsoft helped create. They named the threat: 29% of enterprise AI agents run without IT approval, invisible to your security team. And a judge issued a court order telling an AI agent to stop making purchases on Amazon. The first judicial intervention on autonomous agent behaviour — and a preview of the liability questions nobody has answered yet.If you're building or deploying agents, this episode is your governance checklist for the week.—Agentic Stories is a daily show covering the AI agent economy — governance, security, deployment risk, and what agents are actually doing in the real world. No hype. Just the agents.agenticstories.ai

10 min
04/09/2025

Revenue Over Everything: Inside the Mind of a Crypto TVL King

Joshua Betancourt, CRO of BitVault and VaultCraft, broke the mold by bringing traditional sales fundamentals to crypto—and the results speak for themselves. In just 9 months at P2P.org, he generated $1.7B in TVL, then scaled Vaultcraft from $2M to over $100M using sales techniques from books written in the 1800s. In this episode, Joshua shares his money-first approach to BD, reveals why he's bullish on Bitcoin but bearish on most crypto projects, and explains how curiosity and classic sales fundamentals helped him close massive international deals. If you want to understand what actually drives sustainable crypto growth, this is required listening.

16 min
16/07/2025

Levva 2.0, 10M $LVVA Incentive seasons, and Building DeFi for the Masses

In this episode of Growth Stories, we sit down with IsReallyBadMan, GM of Levva, the AI-powered DeFi platform aiming to make yield optimization as simple as pressing a button. We dive deep into Levva 2.0, its mission to simplify DeFi via onchain AI agents, and the way users can participate in a 10 million $LVVA incentive season coming up alongside their Beta Bootstrapping Phase. Dive right in and explore: ✅ How the new Points & Leaderboard system works ✅ Why 200,000+ users signed up pre-launch ✅ How AI automation will manage portfolios end-to-end ✅ What their plans are for full launch after the Beta season 👉 Listen now. Mint the episode as an NFT badge and 1,000 points during the Levva 2.0 incentive season.

19 min
07/07/2025

How to Market Stablecoin Infrastructure w/ Nicole Schaefer of M0

Discover how M0's Senior Marketing Manager Nicole Schaefer turned a provocative slogan into a standout brand campaign with "Everything is a Bank." In this episode, Nicole breaks down the strategic thinking behind their bold messaging, reveals how to effectively segment and market to crypto builders, and shares the metrics that actually matter for Web3 brand growth.Learn why M0 chose to challenge conventional crypto messaging, how to tailor your approach for developers vs. decision-makers, and why exclusive dinners outperform expensive happy hours for B2B relationship building. Nicole also dives into the evolving NYC crypto scene and emphasizes why data should drive every marketing decision.Perfect for Web3 marketers, CMOs, and founders looking for proven strategies in the stablecoin and infrastructure space.

13 min
26/05/2025

"I Was Disappearing in Crypto Bro Culture - Until I Built Something Just for Me" (with Winny of Chipped)

Winny, founder of Chipped (the NFC-enabled press-on nail company), shares how she went from losing her femininity in crypto's "bro culture" to building a product that's redefining what tech accessories can be - and landed a collaboration with Paris Hilton along the way. In this episode, you'll learn: - How a personal hack (putting NFC chips in acrylic nails) turned into a business - The story behind Chipped's collaboration with Paris Hilton - How their NYC Fashion Week pop-up drew 600 people in 2 days - Why building in public and sharing struggles openly created a community of women rooting for the brand - Her advice on choosing brand partnerships (and why they limit collabs to 3 per event)

13 min
29/04/2025

From Airdrops to AI: How Moxie Is Rethinking Growth in Web3

In this episode of Growth Stories, Jason Goldberg (Airstack & Moxie) shares what it really takes to build lasting value in web3. We talk: 🔹 The vision behind Moxie and AI-native UX 🔹 Lessons from Farcaster, frames & airdrops 🔹 What growth looks like beyond the hype 🔹 How to help users earn while they sleep Honest, bold, and packed with insight for anyone building in the onchain world. 🎧 Mint the episode to get 2 free weeks of Moxie AI 🔗 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Pods.media

27 min
27/03/2025

Marketing Technical Products: How Redstone is Challenging the Oracle Monopoly

How do you market highly technical products without "thousand percent yields" to promote? Campbell Easton, CMO of Redstone, reveals their playbook for challenging Chainlink's market dominance through education, community building, and strategic positioning. Learn the "startup marketing trilemma," why visibility is their north star metric, and how finding specific use cases helped them gain market share. Essential listening for founders and marketers building in deep tech, infrastructure, or any competitive category.

18 min

The AI agent economy moves fast and the coverage hasn't caught up. Agentic Stories is a daily show and weekly newsletter covering the governance, security, and deployment stories that matter. For founders, engineers, and operators who need to stay ahead of what agents are actually doing in the world.

Creator

Alex Hirsu
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

22
Rating

Clean
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