# The Hidden Bottlenecks Slowing Down AI Agents

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Podcast: [MLOps.community](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community)
Published: 2025-08-05T19:38:19+00:00
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## Resource

Demetrios chats with Paul van der Boor and Bruce Martens from Prosus about the real bottlenecks in AI agent development—not tools, but evaluation and feedback. They unpack when to build vs. buy, the tradeoffs of external vendors, and how internal tools like Copilot are reshaping workflows. Guest speakers: Paul van der Boor - VP AI at Prosus Group Bruce Martens - AI Engineer at Prosus Group Host: Demetrios Brinkmann - Founder of MLOps Community ~~~~~~~~ ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ~~~~~~~ Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://go.mlops.community/TYExplore Join our Slack community [ https://go.mlops.community/slack ] Follow us on X/Twitter [ @mlopscommunity ]( https://x.com/mlopscommunity ) or [LinkedIn]( https://go.mlops.community/linkedin )] Sign up for the next meetup: [ https://go.mlops.community/register ] MLOps Swag/Merch: [ https://shop.mlops.community/ ]

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