Building an Agentic Company — OxLiT
An upcoming short-format talk (20–30 minutes) at OxLiT — Oxford Leaders In Tech. Tuesday 25 August 2026, 18:00–20:00. Business and Intellectual Property Centre Oxfordshire (BIPC), Westgate, Oxford.
About the talk
Tom Dean built an AI agent to run the day-to-day operations of Stackstone Consulting. This condensed version of the talk documents what happened over the first months in production — the architecture, real failures, and the permanent fixes that made the system more reliable over time. Tailored for a tech leadership audience.
What it covers
- The architecture: skills-based design, persistent memory, cron automation, retrieval systems
- Real failures: dropped tasks, timezone errors, misdirected documents — each one a permanent improvement
- Governance: TOTP approval gates, action logging, decision separated from execution
- Business value: no manual CRM updates in months, pipeline managed while away, under £50/month on a Raspberry Pi
About OxLiT
OxLiT (Oxford Leaders In Tech) brings together technology leaders, founders, and practitioners across Oxfordshire for regular evening events. The August session runs 18:00–20:00.