Enabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic Layer
From SELECT * FROM data.lake; by Alex Merced
September 5, 2025 · 15 min
About this episode
Alex Merced discusses bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how Dremio can help address them.
x Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com FREE Book - Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide FREE Book - Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse (50% off with code MLMerced) Find all of Alex Merced's blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
People in this episode
Host: Alex Merced
Topics covered
- Agentic AI
- Dremio
- AI Applications
- Performance Optimization
- Semantic Layer
Keywords
- Agentic AI
- Dremio
- AI Applications
- performance
- semantic layer
- Apache Iceberg
- Apache Polaris
Sponsors
Dremio
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Dremio
Products: Apache Iceberg: The Definitive Guide, Apache Polaris: The Definitive Guide, Apache Iceberg Lakehouse
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