# Lior Abutbul

> Lior Abutbul is an AI practitioner and newsletter writer focused on the frontier of agentic AI systems. Through the Agentic AI Weekly newsletter, Lior breaks down how autonomous AI agents work, where they're headed, and how builders and operators can put them to use today.

- **Role:** Founder, Agentic AI Weekly
- **Organizations:** Agentic AI Weekly
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MA, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, CEVRO Institute, Prague
- **Known for:** Founded Agentic AI Weekly newsletter covering agentic AI developments, Built SikumAI - a Telegram bot that converts study documents into interactive quizzes using AI, Organized one of Israel's largest pro-liberty conferences with 400+ attendees

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Began volunteering with Students For Liberty
- **2017** — Became National Coordinator for Israel, Students For Liberty
- **2020** — Pursued MA at CEVRO Institute in Prague; worked at Kohelet Policy Forum media department
- **2021** — Completed MA; became Regional Coordinator for Southeastern Europe at Students For Liberty
- **2022** — Served as Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- **2023** — Joined Ayn Rand Institute as Outreach Coordinator; built SikumAI Telegram bot
- **2024** — Launched Agentic AI Weekly newsletter; deepened focus on AI agents

## Achievements

- Founded Agentic AI Weekly newsletter covering agentic AI developments
- Built SikumAI - a Telegram bot that converts study documents into interactive quizzes using AI
- Organized one of Israel's largest pro-liberty conferences with 400+ attendees
- Co-wrote and produced a documentary film for the Kohelet Policy Forum's 10th Anniversary Conference
- Founded Soulful Capitalism blog promoting free-market libertarian ideas in Hebrew
- Bender Fellow at the Adam Smith Program, Argaman Institute
- Appeared on Kibbe on Liberty podcast (Episode 262) discussing Israeli perspectives

## Latest updates

- **2024-01** — Appeared on Kibbe on Liberty podcast Episode 262 discussing Israel perspectives
- **2024-00** — Launched and growing Agentic AI Weekly newsletter on AI agents

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-abutbul-events/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/liorbutbul
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lior.abutbul/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lior.a.abutbul/

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Last updated: 2026-04-24