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Turning Two Hours of Document Work Into Eight Minutes With Templafy

14 Sep 2026 · 32 min

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What could your team achieve if a document that previously took two hours could be created in eight minutes? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Oskar Konstantyner, Chief Product Officer at Templafy, about the rapid adoption of AI agents across enterprise document workflows and what those productivity gains mean for knowledge workers. According to Templafy's proprietary usage data, AI agent adoption among its enterprise users grew from virtually zero in October 2025 to 53% by June 2026. Its analysis found that documents created without agents had a median completion time of two…

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