The Rise of Agentic AI: Bain Capital Ventures Partner Aaref Hilaly on the Future of Human-Machine Teams

September 12, 2025

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Aaref Hilaly

Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

Aaref Hilaly is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he focuses on early-stage investments in AI-powered applications. Since joining BCV in 2020 after a successful tenure at Sequoia Capital, Hilaly has invested in a number of transformative startups across legal, healthcare, and developer tooling. A repeat entrepreneur, he previously co-founded CenterRun and Clearwell Systems, with the latter scaling to $100M in ARR before its acquisition. His experience as an operator and investor positions him uniquely to back ambitious, product-obsessed founders tackling hard problems with emerging technologies.

Episode Overview

What if every human had an army of agents working for them?

Aaref Hilaly, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and veteran investor in AI-native startups, joins Peter High to discuss the transformative potential of agentic AI, the mindset he looks for in founders, and how legal, healthcare, and education sectors are poised for disruption.

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