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Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era

Sep 15, 2026 SED Production 1:18:26

Databases once simply stored data and returned exact results, but AI is bending that contract toward something more like search, where relevance and ranking matter. Agents are even writing their own queries and proposing their own schemas. Sailesh Krishnamurthy, VP of Engineering at Google, joins Matt Merrill to discuss how databases have evolved over fifty years and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried and trusted.

Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era

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