385: From API Management to Agent Control: Why Governing AI Actions Is the Only Path to Enterprise Value, with Oren Michels, Co-Founder and CEO of Barndoor AI

385: From API Management to Agent Control: Why Governing AI Actions Is the Only Path to Enterprise Value, with Oren Michels, Co-Founder and CEO of Barndoor AI

From AI and the Future of Work: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace, Business, Ethics, HR, and IT for AI Enthusiasts, Leaders and Academics by Dan Turchin

April 20, 2026 · 44 min · Season 7 · Episode 385

About this episode

Oren Michels discusses the importance of governing AI actions to create enterprise value.

Send us Fan Mail Oren Michels is an entrepreneur, investor, board member, and advisor to technology startups in the US and Europe. He is the co-founder and CEO of Barndoor AI, the control plane for agentic AI, and the founder who previously helped define the API management category with Mashery, acquired by Intel in 2013. He is also a Tony-nominated Broadway and Off-Broadway producer whose credits include Romeo+Juliet and Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney. In this episode, Ore...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Turchin

Guest: Oren Michels

Topics covered

  • AI governance
  • enterprise value
  • API management
  • agentic AI
  • technology startups
  • entrepreneurship

Keywords

  • AI governance
  • enterprise value
  • API management
  • agentic AI
  • technology startups
  • Oren Michels
  • Barndoor AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Barndoor AI, Mashery, Intel

Books & works: Romeo+Juliet, Good Night, and Good Luck

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