About this episode

The episode features a rewind to a discussion with Salesforce exec Vivek Mahapatra on agentic design and scaling AI, alongside a dive into the latest AI news.

We're rewinding to Episode 118 with Salesforce exec Vivek Mahapatra — a guy who's outlasted every enterprise tech hype cycle you can name — talking agentic design and scaling AI like a grown-up. But first, we're diving into this week's AI news, and it's a wild one.

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