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In this episode, *Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana* and *Asanka Abeysinghe* demystify what “agents” really are and why architects should care. They walk through core concepts and terminology—agents, agent loops, prompts, context, memory, RAG, tools, MCP, and skills—and discuss how agents observe, act, and evaluate. The conversation compares agents to traditional systems, explores where agents fit in modern architectures (including solo agents, agent-to-agent patterns, and multi-agent setups), and looks at orchestration challenges.

95% of AI pilots are failing. Here's why the other 5% are winning. While most organizations scramble to retrofit compliance into their AI implementations, leading finance teams are building it in from the start—and gaining a major competitive edge. Three insights that caught my attention: → Vendor solutions succeed at 2x the rate of internal builds (67% vs 33%)—your team's expertise matters more than you think.

Cortex Code CLI is expanding capabilities to accelerate your enterprise data lifecycle inside Snowflake! Introducing dbt and Apache Airflow support, expanded model choice across Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GBT 5.2. New enterprise-grade governance controls, and a self-serve subscription option. See how Cortex Code CLI helps you ship workflows faster, integrate data systems, and build with confidence using natural language.

See the Databox Model Context Protocol (MCP) in action inside Claude. In this video, we use just three simple prompts to pull Google Business Profile data across 8 different business locations and instantly generate a beautiful, executive-ready HTML dashboard. Instead of manually logging into multiple accounts and copying data into spreadsheets, we use the Databox MCP inside Claude to: Fetch Data Instantly: Claude automatically gathers impressions, clicks, and calls for every single business location through the MCP, comparing current vs. previous month data without any manual exports.