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Moura: PwC is currently using CrewAI in production

João Moura · How To Create Ai Agents From Scratch (CrewAI, Zapier, Cursor) · Dec 28, 2024 · at 1:41:47

João Moura, founder and CEO of CrewAI, discusses enterprise case studies featured in his DeepLearning.AI agent courses with Greg Isenberg.

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“There's an interview with the CTO of gen AI on PwC on how PwC is using Korea in production.”

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