Full episode · 1 h 17 m

Andy Pavlo: What Happens When Billions of AI Agents Hit Your Database

The MAD Podcast · Matt Turck with Andy Pavlo

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The best minutes

1. 10:43Agents could mean 10 to 100x more database queries5 min
2. 23:38Text-to-SQL reached 99.5% at a bank, but at great cost2 min
3. 33:51LLMs tune databases 85% of the way in 15 minutes2 min

Also worth watching

1. 27:42Agents now finish CMU database projects; 60% of OSS databases use them3 min
2. 52:14Why analytics-first database firms should add Postgres, not the reverse6 min

Skip the opener on vector history, branching and guardrails, and the CMU courses, Wu-Tang exam and ClickHouse Labs backstory.

Published Oct 8, 2026.