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Garbage In, Gospel Out: Why Agents Need Better Data, with Salesforce’s Gaurav Pathak

Added on September 28, 2026 by Jon Krohn.

When humans get bad data, we argue about it in meetings. When AI agents get bad data, they can turn it into an answer with total confidence.

My wise guest today, Gaurav Pathak, calls it “garbage in, gospel out.” The takeaway? Better data and context lead to better AI — and, of course, Gaurav has some thoughts on how to get there. #ad #SalesforcePartner

Gaurav Pathak:
• Senior Vice President Product Management AI and Metadata at Salesforce.
• Previously spent 13 years at Informatica building its metadata and AI products, including the CLAIRE AI engine, before Salesforce acquired the company last year.
• Holds a degree in computer science and engineering, as well as an MBA

In this episode, filmed live at Dreamforce in San Francisco last week, Gaurav explains:
• Why context is 95% of the battle for enterprise agents.
• Who the "sin eaters" are that pay for an agent's mistakes.
• The three skills that matter most for AI engineers today.

The SuperDataScience podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms, YouTube, and at SuperDataScience.com.

In Five-Minute Friday, Interview, Podcast, SuperDataScience, YouTube Tags #metadata, #dataquality, #agenticAI, #DF26, #superdatascience
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