Tech analyst Philipp Klöckner in conversation with Conor McNamara
Tech analyst Philipp Klöckner discusses the profound paradigm shifts brought by AI, from accelerating software development and business models to its impact on the workforce and the potential for agentic commerce. He also provides a candid assessment of the German economy, identifying its challenges and proposing strategic industries like biotech for future growth.
- Agentic commerce, where AI agents act on your behalf, will adopt far slower in B2C than expected, resembling the gradual mobile shift rather than an overnight revolution. Read →
- AI is ushering in an era of unprecedented free access to specialized knowledge and personal utility, giving everyone a 'personal executive coach or therapist,' a service previously hard to obtain, particularly in places like Germany. Read →
- AI is triggering a massive shift in how software is built and how new businesses form, accelerating itself to create successive versions of the technology. Read →
- AI-driven workforce displacement will be much slower than many expect, largely due to the sheer inertia of large corporations and public sector entities. Klöckner uses the German term "Bahkraft" to describe this institutional drag. Read →