Brex assumes its AI agents could do anything — so it watches the network, not the code
Brex CEO Pedro Franceschi offered a blueprint for one of the pressing challenges facing the enterprise today at VB Transform 2026: securely deploying AI agents, like the open-source OpenClaw, into production environments.
Unlocking this enterprise value requires a mindset shift. The industry needs to move past vague terminology and focus on concrete enterprise roles.
“People talk a lot about agents, but I think 'agents' is a terrible name. It's this Silicon Valley concept that doesn't really mean much,” Franceschi said.
Instead, the goal should be creating entities that can genuinely collaborate with human workers. "The concept we always had in mind was the idea of a virtual employee — someone on Slack, an entity, it has an email address, it can join meetings, you can email it, and that you can work with," Franceschi said.
Realizing this vision demands a new security paradigm. Franceschi’s presentation detailed how Brex pointed...
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