Agents of Data

What does the future hold for enterprise AI? Why do more than 95% of AI projects fail to get off the ground? This festive seasonal edition of Agents of Data features hosts Julian, Joe and Sam reflect on 2025 - a year when agentic AI became a reality - and make their predictions for 2026, including the rise of multi-agent systems, the importance of "memory" for personalization, and massive prod...

AI-native companies win on speed, scale, and resilience. This episode shows how leaders can transform their organisations by adopting agentic and generative AI across engineering, data and analytics. Sam and Julian describe the move from early experimentation to agent-driven workflows - coding agents, automated research and context-aware copilots that materially expand output. They explain wh...

In this episode of Agents of Data, AI leader Sarah Schlobohm joins hosts Ed Thompson, Julian Wiffen and Sam Perrin to unpack the strategic realities of agentic AI and what it means for data leaders, their teams and their organizations. The panel explores how to prepare data and people for AI adoption, identify automation opportunities and balance innovation with governance, auditability and hu...

AI is transforming data — but are your teams ready? In this episode of Agents of Data, Angie Hastings (Matillion) and Shishir Shrivastava (TEK Global Systems) explore how AI is redefining the role of data teams and reshaping entire organizations. They trace the journey from monolithic systems to the cloud and AI era, unpacking real challenges like silos, data quality and governance. Shishir sh...

This episode of the Agents of Data podcast double-clicks into semantic layers, exploring their definition, function and the challenges associated with their implementation. Frank Weigel, Chief Product Officer at Matillion, joins the discussion to address issues like stale data, ownership battles and the evolving roles of humans in the context of semantic layers and agentic AI. The conversatio...

We catch up with Eduardo Ordax, GenAI lead for AWS. We learn how little has really changed since 20 years ago Jeff Bezos used to say, 'Our most valuable asset right now is data.' Building on the foundation that great data is the key to great AI, this podcast dives into the practical applications and challenges of generative AI for data professionals. Learn how industry leaders are leveraging ...

Dive into the world of agentic AI. In this pilot episode, Matillion experts Joe Herbert, Julian Wiffen, and Sam Perrin explain how agentic AI goes beyond the AI we are familiar with today, to make decisions, orchestrate workflows and revolutionize data engineering. Discover why context is crucial, how agentic AI helps expand productivity and reduce costs.Tune in to understand how human-in-the-...