Reconfiguring AI as Data Discovery Agent(s)?
Letting agents navigate and retrieve data autonomously also enables progressive disclosure—in other words, allows agents to incrementally discover relevant context through exploration. Each interaction yields context that informs the next decision: file sizes suggest complexity; naming conventions hint at purpose; timestamps can be a proxy for... See more
anthropic.com • Effective Context Engineering for AI Agents
That combination means agents are only as good as their understanding of which system owns which truth, and what the contract is between those truths. This is the bull thesis on a company like Databricks - they become the center of gravity for AI Agents, and start to build these agents themselves.
Jamin Ball • Clouded Judgement 12.12.25 - Long Live Systems of Record
The Emerging Playbook
After watching more than a dozen keynotes and deep dives, I’d like to suggest how we can map this new reality into a stack. If you are an engineering leader or a founder, this is the blueprint you are either building or buying in 2026. At least, it gives you an idea how to think about the whole system:
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After watching more than a dozen keynotes and deep dives, I’d like to suggest how we can map this new reality into a stack. If you are an engineering leader or a founder, this is the blueprint you are either building or buying in 2026. At least, it gives you an idea how to think about the whole system:
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