958: Without Trusted Context, Agents are Stupid (featuring Salesforce’s Rahul Auradkar)

958: Without Trusted Context, Agents are Stupid (featuring Salesforce’s Rahul Auradkar)

Author: Jon Krohn January 16, 2026 Duration: 23:59
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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