The pragmatic guide to AI agents in the enterprise (w/ Sean Falconer)

The Analytics Engineering Podcast by dbt Labs, Inc.

Aug 3, 202549:59News & Politics

What does it mean to be agentic? Is there a spectrum of agency? In this episode of The Analytics Engineering Podcast, Tristan Handy talks to Sean Falconer, senior director of AI strategy at Confluent, about AI agents. Th...

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