Box CEO Aaron Levie Says AI's Next Phase Is Bringing Models Into Real-World Workflows

Box Inc. (NYSE:BOX) CEO Aaron Levie said the next phase of artificial intelligence (AI) growth will depend on helping businesses integrate powerful AI models into real-world operations through industry-specific tools and workflows.

Levie Highlights Enterprise AI Adoption Challenge

On Sunday, Levie said in a post on X that enterprises will need significant support to translate advances in AI models into practical tools that improve everyday workflows.

"There’s still so much opportunity in the diffusion of AI into the real world," Levie wrote, adding that most enterprises will require help applying AI breakthroughs to their operations.

He argued that AI capabilities alone are not enough to transform businesses because companies need systems that connect AI with real-world feedback loops.

According to Levie, successful AI adoption will require integrations with enterprise systems, access to relevant data, user experiences that allow human decision-making, workflows that continuously improve models and data, and solutions that address regulatory and compliance requirements.

"The way you implement AI agents for doing client onboarding in a bank is entirely different from contract review in a legal team," Levie said.

He added that industries such as financial services, life sciences, legal and manufacturing will only benefit from AI when the technology is applied contextually.

Levie said this implementation layer, which he described as an "applied AI layer," will create opportunities for companies that specialize in bringing AI into specific industries.

There’s still so much opportunity in the diffusion of AI into the real world. Most enterprises are going to need a ton of support to be able to apply the model breakthroughs to their workflows.

Intelligence alone is not enough to transform most processes because you need to…

— Aaron Levie (@levie) July 26, 2026

AI Agents Reshape Future Of Workplace Automation

Earlier, Former Tesla AI chief Andrej Karpathy said AI systems like Claude were evolving into digital teammates embedded in workplace workflows, representing a new phase beyond chatbots and standalone applications.

SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci highlighted Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz’s comments that AI agents could eventually function as employees, pushing companies to rethink job roles and productivity.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said AI’s potential remained underestimated, noting that businesses were using the technology to automate repetitive tasks while unlocking advances in healthcare, science and engineering.

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