We have 640+ mutual LinkedIn connections.

But I didn’t actually meet Steven Wolfe Pereira ⚡️ in real life until I stopped him at Starbucks at CES ☕️

Very 2026. Shortly after, I had him as a guest on BOSS, and this conversation stuck with me. I'm excited to share it with all of you. Steven started his career at Blackstone in 1994. Jumped to Akamai in 1999 when everyone thought it was crazy. Built across finance, infrastructure, data, media, tech. Pattern recognition across multiple waves.

And now? He says we all need to have a “wake the hell up” moment.

Because we are in the agentic era. Not AI as content fluff. Not AI as a buzzword. AI agents inside enterprises. Working alongside people. Talking to each othe ...