Data Engineering Weekly

Agents of Change: Navigating 2025 with AI and Data Innovation

In this episode of Dew, the hosts and guests discuss their predictions for 2025, focusing on the rise and impact of agentic AI. The conversation covers three main categories:

1. The role of agent AI

2. The future workforce dynamic involving human and AI agent

3. Innovations in data platforms heading into 2025.

Highlights include insights from Ashwin and our special guest, Rajesh, on building robust agent systems, strategies for data engineers and AI engineers to remain relevant, data quality and observability, and the evolving landscape of Lakehouse architectures.

The discussion also discusses the challenges of integrating multi-agent systems and the economic implications of AI sovereignty and data privacy.

00:00 Introduction and Predictions for 2025

01:49 Exploring Agentic AI

04:44 The Evolution of AI Models

16:36 Enterprise Data and AI Integration

25:06 Managing AI Agents

36:37 Opportunities in AI and Agent Development

38:02 The Evolving Role of AI and Data Engineers

38:31 Managing AI Agents and Data Pipelines

39:05 The Future of Data Scientists in AI

40:03 Multi-Agent Systems and Interoperability

44:09 Economic Viability of Multi-Agent Systems

47:06 Data Platforms and Lakehouse Implementations

53:14 Data Quality, Observability, and Governance

01:02:20 The Rise of Multi-Cloud and Multi-Engine Systems

01:06:21 Final Thoughts and Future Outlook