VIATEC AI Meetup: Business Track

The VIATEC AI Meetup Business Track features Victoria technologist Mike Anderson presenting "Taking the Leap: From Simple AI Chats to Complex Workflows." His talk traces the shift from text-in, text-out prompting to agentic systems that plan, act, and iterate across real tools and files, drawing on lessons from building his own research agent that preserves source provenance. Anderson also explores Anthropic's newly launched Cowork feature, which treats AI less like a chat window and more like delegating to a capable colleague. A co-founder of Echosec Systems and Intlabs, he offers a practical read on where AI is headed and how it will affect businesses.

Published Thursday, February 12, 2026 by Anu Jolliffe on LinkedIn