Founder stories from the world of Data and AI The Growth Playbook: Data & AI S4 | E21 | Building the AI Agents That Could Change the Internet | Abhishek Das, Co-founder @ Yutori - ThinkData Podcast

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4th Aug 2026

S4 | E21 | Building the AI Agents That Could Change the Internet | Abhishek Das, Co-founder @ Yutori

What happens when AI can browse, understand, and interact with the web just like a human?

This week on the ThinkData Podcast, I'm joined by Abhishek Das, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Yutori.

Before founding Yutori, Abhishek was a research scientist at Meta, where he worked on AI agents long before the recent explosion in generative AI.

Today, Yutori is building specialised AI models designed specifically for web agents—systems capable of navigating websites, completing tasks and operating autonomously in complex online environments.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why specialised AI models outperform general-purpose LLMs for web automation

• The biggest technical challenges of building reliable AI agents

• Why AI demonstrations often fail in production

• Product-market fit in one of AI's fastest-moving markets

• What founders consistently underestimate when building AI companies

• How AI agents could fundamentally change the way businesses and consumers use the internet

If you're interested in AI infrastructure, startups, product, engineering, or the future of autonomous software, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

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The Growth Playbook: Data & AI
The Growth Playbook brings you inside the minds of the leaders shaping Data and AI. Each episode, we sit down with some of the most interesting voices in the industry, from startup founders to seasoned execs, to hear their stories, lessons learned, and the real strategies behind growing great businesses.

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Alex Hutchings

I’m the Co-Founder of the Dataworks Group, a specialist talent partner in the world of Data and Artificial Intelligence.

I’ve spent the last 15+ years working at the heart of this space, helping some of the most exciting companies on the planet build world-class Data and AI teams.

Through our roundtables, live events, and right here on the ThinkData Podcast, my goal is simple: to bring you real insights from the fastest-growing talent market in the world.

Whether you’re building, hiring, or just curious about what’s next, you’ll hear straight from the founders and senior leaders shaping the future of work.