Agents of Change at TechUK
A Showcase of AI Talent & Agents Redefining the Workplace
AI is no longer just a tool, it’s a teammate
Across industries, intelligent systems are stepping into workflows to solve complex problems, enhance productivity, and transform how work gets done.
At First AI, we’re helping professional services firms embrace this shift.
Through our GenAI Academy, we’re developing the UK’s first generation of enterprise-ready AI talent - graduates trained to design, deploy, and collaborate with AI agents inside real business environments.
Agents of Change: Showcasing the Future of Work
That future was on full display at Agents of Change, an event we co-hosted with TechUK in London on 29 September 2025. The session brought together senior innovation leaders from top law firms including Hill Dickinson and Clifford Chance, as well as financial institutions and private equity firms, to explore how agentic AI - autonomous systems capable of reasoning, planning, and acting independently, is reshaping the world of work.
Speakers included:
Christina Chen
CEO, First AI
Dan Figueiredo
Director of Global Technology Strategy, Microsoft
Tess Buckley
Digital Ethics & AI Safety, TechUK
Attendees watched live demos of AI agents developed by First AI, including:
Legal Case Summariser
Condensing complex judgments with dynamic Q&A
Contract Clause Checker & Risk Report
Automating contract reviews and risk assessments
Compliance Assistant
Interpreting FCA and COBS rules for regulatory compliance
From Adoption to Collaboration
“AI adoption starts with people, not technology,” said Christina Chen, CEO of First AI. “Through our GenAI Academy, we’re training and embedding AI talent who are ready to step into enterprise teams today. Law firms can now equip their people to collaborate with agents, offload repetitive work, and focus on higher-value judgment tasks.”
Christina continued:
“AI is not just a technical change, it’s an organisational and cultural one. Bringing people along is critical. How do we adopt it safely? How do we embed it across teams? How do we create lasting impact? These are the questions on everyone’s mind, and our graduates are ready to help firms answer them.”
Dan Figueiredo from Microsoft added:
“First AI’s talent pipeline exemplifies the practical, enterprise-ready AI skills organisations need to accelerate adoption and unlock the full potential of AI.”
Closing the AI Skills Gap
As agentic AI moves from concept to reality, the gap between AI capability and workforce readiness continues to widen. While these systems can now reason, plan, and act autonomously, few organisations have the people who know how to integrate and govern them safely.
“The AI skills gap isn’t just a talent issue, it's a strategic business risk,” said Christina. “Workflows are being redefined, and organisations need people who can work with AI, not just alongside it.”
Through the GenAI Academy, First AI equips graduates with the hybrid skills needed to bridge this gap:
AI-to-human orchestration
Managing collaborative workflows between people and agents
Prompt engineering and interface design
Ensuring agents operate effectively within enterprise systems
Governance, compliance, and ethical AI use
Maintaining accountability and safety
Cross-functional collaboration
Connecting business context with AI capability
This unique blend of technical, ethical, and operational training ensures that First AI graduates are enterprise-ready from day one, ready to embed within teams, accelerate adoption, and drive measurable transformation.
As Christina summed up:
“Universities give graduates strong theoretical knowledge, but programmes like ours help them apply it where it matters: in the heart of real organisations.”
