Superagency is a refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective on the future of AI. Rather than focusing on fear and disruption, Reid uses his “techno-humanist compass” to show how AI can help us make better decisions, achieve our goals, and create a more equitable and sustainable world. This is a must-read for thriving in the age of AI.
‘Superagency’: book talk with Reid Hoffman
9 May 2025
16:30 -17:30
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Open to: Members of University of Cambridge
New Museums Site
Pembroke Street and Free School Lane
Lecture Theatre A
Cambridge
CB2 3QH
United Kingdom
Join us for a Q&A with Reid Hoffman
Join a Q&A with Reid Hoffman, Silicon Valley visionary, co-founder of LinkedIn and venture capitalist as he unpacks the revolutionary implications of AI-driven collaborative networks, by creating unprecedented opportunities.
We will delve into the transformative potential of AI-powered collaboration and explore the concepts of composable collaboration and emergent intelligence, through a behavioural economics and policy lens.
Speaker bio
Reid Hoffman
Co-Founder of LinkedIn, Co-Founder of Inflection AI, Co-Founder of Manas AI
Partner at Greylock
An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses. In 2003 he co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service and in 2009 he joined Greylock as a partner.
In 2022, Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI, an AI studio that created Pi. In 2025, he co-founded Manas AI, a company that leverages proprietary AI and best in class biology to cure cancer.
He currently serves on the boards of Aurora, Entrepreneur First, Microsoft, Nauto, and a few early-stage companies still in stealth. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Endeavor, CZ Biohub, Berggruen Institute, Opportunity@Work, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the MacArthur Foundation’s Lever for Change.
He is the host of two award-winning podcasts – ‘Masters of Scale’, where iconic business leaders share strategies that have helped them grow, as well as ‘Possible’, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there.
He is an Aspen Institute Crown Fellow, a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, and a graduate of Stanford University.
He is the co-author of six best-selling books: ‘The Startup of You’, ‘The Alliance’, ‘Blitzscaling’, ‘Impromptu’, ‘Masters of Scale’ and ‘Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future’.
Moderation
- Lucia Reisch, El-Erian Professor of Behavioural Economics and Policy
About ‘Superagency’ (2025, Porchlight Books)
Reid Hoffman’s book co-authored with Greg Beato, offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society.
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Please note, the event will not be recorded, in keeping with Chatham House Rules.