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# Do AI Agents Need a Semantic Layer?

Online
Date & TimeAug 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time

LocationOnline

## About This Event

Half the industry says AI agents are useless without a semantic layer. The other half ships agents that run fine on a pile of markdown files. Jacob Matson and Alex Monahan ran the evals and share what plain-text context vs a Malloy semantic layer showed.

### Who Should Attend

This event is ideal for:

Data EngineersData AnalystsML EngineersTechnical Leaders

### Event Details

DateAug 26, 2026
Time4:00 PM Coordinated Universal Time
FormatOnline
PriceFree
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