Verifiable Agents, Not Demos: A Problem-First Approach

Why I took this course I wanted a systems lens on Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents: when to use them, how to scope autonomy, and how to operate them in production under real constraints (cost, latency, reliability, compliance). I needed a repeatable method to go from a business problem → agent design → evaluation → rollout, not just a prompt that works on Friday and fails on Monday. The weekly Chai & AI (tea-and-AI) sessions were the best hook: people from varied backgrounds brought real problems, unpacked buzzwords, and shared concrete patterns—immediately useful for day-to-day work....

September 1, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Senthil Thyagarajan

Is Your Website Built for LLMs? Why Analytics Needs to Rethink the Funnel

It always starts the same way. A user types: “What’s the best multivitamin for women in their 30s?” “Healthiest soda alternative?” “Best travel insurance for a family trip to Italy?” But they don’t click a search result. They don’t scroll through 10 blue links. They ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini, and they get a confident, summarized answer. If your brand isn’t mentioned in that response, you don’t exist in that moment....

June 9, 2025 · 4 min · 801 words · Senthil Thyagarajan