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Nov 7
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Agentic AI and the Strategy Behind Smart...

Daniel Faggella
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Today's guest is Sachit Kamat, Chief Product Officer at Eightfold AI. Eightfold AI provides a complete AI platform for talent management to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers with the goal of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of talent operations. Sachit joins Emerj Editorial Director Matthew DeMello to discuss how agentic AI enables HR teams to move from human-scale to machine-scale processes, rethinking how organizations identify, assess, and mobilize talent. The conversation also covers how agentic systems can enhance compliance, accelerate change management, and create measurable ROI by automating interview workflows and optimizing internal mobility. This episode is sponsored by Eightfold AI. Want to share your AI adoption story with executive peers? Click emerj.com/expert2 for more information and to be a potential future guest on the 'AI in Business' podcast!

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