Unlocking the Data Layer for Agentic AI with Simba Khadder

Unlocking the Data Layer for Agentic AI with Simba Khadder

From All Content Archives - Software Engineering Daily by All Content Archives - Software Engineering Daily

April 21, 2026 · 49 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of supplying AI agents with the right information as they perform complex tasks.

AI agents are increasingly capable of reasoning and performing autonomous work over long periods. However, as agents take on more complex, longer-horizon tasks, keeping them supplied with the right information becomes the core engineering challenge. The industry is moving away from pre-loading context upfront toward a model where agents dynamically navigate and retrieve the data

People in this episode

Guest: Simba Khadder

Topics covered

  • AI agents
  • data retrieval
  • autonomous work
  • engineering challenges
  • dynamic navigation

Keywords

  • AI
  • data layer
  • agentic AI
  • information retrieval
  • context management

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