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Databricks product director Bryan Clark discussed challenges posed by AI agents that create and use databases without properly cleaning up infrastructure, advocating for database branching, scale-to-zero capabilities, and centralized access control to manage agent-driven development.

Ryan welcomes Bryan Clark, director of product for Lakebase at Databricks, to discuss what happens when AI agents become the primary creators and users of databases; why agents are “sloppy” about cleaning up infrastructure; and how database branching, scale-to-zero, and centralized access control can help teams keep up with agent-driven development.