{"podcast":{"title":"Vanishing Gradients","slug":"vanishing-gradients-4989163","podcast_index_feed_id":4989163,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2632531.rss","website_url":"https://hugobowne.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2632531/e8d57d9d781f20857949c2678ef8c9c2.jpg","author":"Hugo Bowne-Anderson","episode_count":77,"summary":"a data podcast with hugo bowne-anderson","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 65: The Rise of Agentic Search","slug":"episode-65-the-rise-of-agentic-search","published_at":"2025-12-19T04:36:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episode-65-the-rise-of-agentic-search","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163","url":"https://hugobowne.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-agentic-search","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181946585/ad314c816b6918f32fb7b1eb48954310.mp3","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…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3113,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episodes/episode-65-the-rise-of-agentic-search/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vanishing-gradients-4989163/episode-65-the-rise-of-agentic-search.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}