Episode
Episode 65: The Rise of Agentic Search
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- Vanishing Gradients
- Published
- Dec 19, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 3113
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Summary
We’re really moving from a world where humans are authoring search queries and humans are executing those queries and humans are digesting the results to a world where AI is doing that for us . Jeff Huber , CEO and co-founder of Chroma , joins Hugo to talk about how agentic search and retrieval are changing the very nature of search and software for builders and users alike. We Discuss: * “Context engineering” , the strategic design and engineering of what context gets fed to the LLM (data, tools, memory, and more), which is now essential for building reliable, agentic AI systems; * Why simply stuffing large context windows is no longer feasible due to “context rot” as AI applications become more goal-oriented and capable of multi-step tasks * A framework for precisely curating and providing only the most relevant , h igh-precision information to ensure accurate and dependable AI systems; * The “agent harness” , the collection of tools and capabilities an agent can access, and how to construct these advanced systems; * Emerging best practices for builders, including hybrid search as a robust default, creating “golden datasets” for evaluation, and leveraging sub-agents to break down complex tasks * The major unsolved challenge of agent evaluation , emphasizing a shift towards iterative, data-centric approaches. You can also find the full episode on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , and YouTube . You can also interact directly with the transcript here in NotebookLM : If you do so, let us know anything you find in the comments! 👉 Want to learn more about Building AI-Powered Software? Check out our Building AI Applications course . It’s a live cohort with hands on exercises and office hours. Our final cohort is in Q1, 2206 . Here is a 35% discount code for readers. 👈 Oh! One more…