Episódios

  • 959: Building Agents 101: Design Patterns, Evals and Optimization (with Sinan Ozdemir)

    959: Building Agents 101: Design Patterns, Evals and Optimization (with Sinan Ozdemir)
    Jan 20 2026
    AI entrepreneur and bestselling author Sinan Ozdemir speaks to Jon Krohn about the practical differences between agentic AI and AI workflows, why evaluating accuracy on its own won’t tell you enough about AI models, and more about his latest book Building Agentic AI. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠Intel⁠⁠, by Fabi and by Cisco. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/959⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (04:57) Exploring the differences between workflows and agents (17:03) How to work out parameter count for a given task (25:26) The best way to evaluate LLMs (33:12) How to run hybrid workflow + agentic projects effectively
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    1 hora e 5 minutos
  • 958: Without Trusted Context, Agents are Stupid (featuring Salesforce’s Rahul Auradkar)

    958: Without Trusted Context, Agents are Stupid (featuring Salesforce’s Rahul Auradkar)
    Jan 16 2026
    In this #sponsored Feature Friday episode, Salesforce’s Rahul Auradkar speaks to Jon Krohn about the company’s unified data engine and how its acquisition of Informatica provides the missing context layer for AI models and agents. Hear how Salesforce’s Data 360 helps customers to get accurate and insightful information about their business, and what AI models need to benefit a company’s bottom line (hint: it’s not only large amounts of data!) Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/958⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
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    24 minutos
  • 957: How AI Agents Are Automating Enterprise Data Operations, with Ashwin Rajeeva

    957: How AI Agents Are Automating Enterprise Data Operations, with Ashwin Rajeeva
    Jan 13 2026
    AI agents, data lakes, and managing data sprawl: Ashwin Rajeeva, cofounder and CTO of Acceldata, speaks to Jon Krohn about how the agentic data management startup raised over $100 million in venture capital to expand its business in automating data quality assurance as well as cataloguing and pipeline maintenance across enterprise environments. Acceldata utilizes multiple agents to solve enterprise-grade questions with company data. It also uses autonomous data pipelines that can detect and fix issues without human intervention, and the platform’s agentic data management system ADM also lets humans stay in the loop wherever needed. This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠Intel⁠⁠, by Fabi and by Cisco. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/957⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (03:25) About Acceldata and xLake (15:03) Autonomous data pipelines (21:02) How and when to keep humans in the AI loop (27:43) How Acceldata solves ‘data sprawl’ (31:53) Habits of successful tech leaders
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    1 hora
  • 956: From Agent Demo to Enterprise Product (with Ease!) feat. Salesforce’s Tyler Carlson

    956: From Agent Demo to Enterprise Product (with Ease!) feat. Salesforce’s Tyler Carlson
    Jan 9 2026
    #Sponsored SVP, Head of Product for Salesforce’s AppExchange & Ecosystem, Tyler Carlson, talks to Jon Krohn about taking AI agents from prototype to enterprise-grade production with the Agentforce 360 Platform. Though we may now have plenty of tools to build demos for AI agents, most teams still struggle to turn early prototypes into secure and scalable products. With Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 Platform, users can build customer-focused agentic applications with a multi-LLM planner service for reasoning and logic, as well as a new scripting language for deterministic control over how agents interact with the contextual layer of the Salesforce data model. Learn how Salesforce’s WYSIWYG schema builder helps customers build fully functional applications with low- and pro-code capabilities, the common mistakes that innovators make when moving from prototype to production, and whether AI agents might replace non-agentic AI applications in this Feature Friday. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/956⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
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    26 minutos
  • 955: Nested Learning, Spatial Intelligence and the AI Trends of 2026, with Sadie St. Lawrence

    955: Nested Learning, Spatial Intelligence and the AI Trends of 2026, with Sadie St. Lawrence
    Jan 6 2026
    Sadie St Lawrence joins Jon Krohn to discuss what to expect from the AI industry in 2026. Sadie and Jon talk through what they think will be the five biggest trends in AI, hand out awards for the best moments, comebacks, and disappointments in AI in 2025, and review how their predictions for 2025 played out. Hear Sadie’s five exciting predictions for 2026, from emerging jobs in AI to an important return to the drawing board! This episode is brought to you by the ⁠⁠Dell⁠⁠, by ⁠⁠Intel⁠⁠, by Fabi and by MongoDB. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/955⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (11:36) Recapping Sadie and Jon’s predictions for 2025 (26:54) The SuperDataScience Awards in AI (49:05) Prediction #1 for AI in 2026 (52:13) Prediction #2 for AI in 2026 (53:33) Prediction #3 for AI in 2026 (57:54) Prediction #4 for AI in 2026 (1:01:01) Prediction #5 for AI in 2026
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    1 hora e 9 minutos
  • 954: Recap of 2025 and Wishing You a Wonderful 2026

    954: Recap of 2025 and Wishing You a Wonderful 2026
    Jan 2 2026
    Jon Krohn wraps up 2025 with his thoughts on how agentic AI has become as much a resounding success as an annoying buzzword for many in the tech industry, why such promising developments in generative AI mean that well-prepared, secured data will be ever more crucial, and Jon’s hopes for a better year for everyone across the world in 2026. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/954⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
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    4 minutos
  • 953: Beyond “Agent Washing”: AI Systems That Actually Deliver ROI, with Dell’s Global CTO John Roese

    953: Beyond “Agent Washing”: AI Systems That Actually Deliver ROI, with Dell’s Global CTO John Roese
    Dec 30 2025
    Dell Technologies’ John Roese talks to Jon Krohn about the phenomenon of “agent-washing”, his contribution to Dell’s incredible revenue boost in 2025, and why “knowledge layers” will be crucial to future tech. Hear also John’s predictions for where AI is going to lead us in 2026, from better, clearer governance, data management methods and definitions for agentic AI, to systems that keep AI tools and our data running and secure with the help of “AI factories” and “sovereign AI”. This episode is brought to you by MongoDB and by Y Carrot. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/953⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (01:31) John Roese’s predictions for AI in 2026 (11:28) How John increased ROI at Dell Technologies (18:59) John’s predictions for AI in 2026 (40:13) How Dell’s clients are using AI factories
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    51 minutos
  • 952: How to Avoid Burnout and Get Promoted, with “The Fit Data Scientist” Penelope Lafeuille

    952: How to Avoid Burnout and Get Promoted, with “The Fit Data Scientist” Penelope Lafeuille
    Dec 26 2025
    “The Fit Data Scientist” newsletter author Pénélope Lafeuille talks to Jon Krohn about how to give your all at work, offering her top tips for a healthy body and a healthy mind. Learn why “The SuperDataScience Podcast” made it onto her top 3 data science podcasts, and why following your passion can pay off in dividends for your career. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/952⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
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    31 minutos