Unlocking the Data Layer for Agentic AI with Simba Khadder

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

Keywords

• data layer
• agentic AI
• engineering challenge

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Unlocking the Data Layer for Agentic AI

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