349: Addressing AI bottlenecks in Agentic Development (with Kenneth Ziegler)

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Dave talks with Kenneth Ziegler about AI in testing and the challenges companies face in adopting it.

In this episode, Dave talks with Kenneth Ziegler, CEO of Leapwork, about the findings of a survey on AI in testing, revealing that while 88% of companies are developing agentic software, only 13% are using AI for testing. He highlighted that 59-60% of testing remains manual, presenting an opportunity for AI to streamline processes. Ziegler emphasized the importance of speed, ease, and quality in AI adoption. He introduced Leapwork's new AI Studio, which integrates traditional no-code testing ...

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Guest: Kenneth Ziegler

Topics covered

• AI in testing
• agentic software
• manual testing
• AI adoption
• no-code testing

Keywords

• AI
• testing
• agentic development
• Leapwork
• manual testing
• no-code

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Organizations: Leapwork

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