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AI agents face the ROI test: Sierra co-f...

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Sierra co-founder Clay Bavor joins CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to discuss how AI agents are moving into real business workflows, why companies are measuring AI’s return on investment and how outcome-based pricing could change the way software companies get paid. 
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