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Democratizing AI and Building Collaborative Systems with AI Agents

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The main stage hosted “Democratizing AI and Building Collaborative Systems with AI Agents” from 3:00 p.m. to 3:20 p.m., where Iliana Quinonez, Director of Customer Engineering at Google Cloud Startups, unpacked how collaborative AI agents are transforming teamwork and productivity. She highlighted how democratizing AI agent development empowers teams — regardless of experience level — to build intelligent systems that work seamlessly with both humans and other AI, driving smarter, faster collaboration.