AI Agents Explained: How It's Built with Data.

What exactly are AI Agents and why are they becoming so important? In this episode of The Dat.AI Need. Where Data Meets Intelligence, we sit down with Bernard Momanyi, co-founder of Sanifu AI, to break down what it really takes to build intelligent systems powered by data. In this episode, we cover: • What are AI Agents and how do they differ from chatbots? • How businesses are using AI to automate data pipelines end-to-end. • A real-world example: processing invoices from hundreds of daily emails. • Why data quality and structure are the foundation of every AI system. • Why human oversight is critical in AI, and how it’s leading to the rise of AI auditing • Why prompting is one of the most critical skills in building AI agents. • How AI is shifting demand toward data engineering, NLP, and analytics skills. • Practical advice for anyone looking to enter the Data & AI space . Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:20 What Sanifu AI does 04:10 What AI Agents are 06:20 AI Agents vs Chatbots 13:00 Real-world AI Agent example (invoice automation) 20:00 Why data foundations matter 26:30 Human-in-the-loop systems explained 30:00 AI auditing and system validation 36:00 Skills needed to build AI systems 44:00 Final thoughts & advice Team Host: Linet Wanjira Guest: Bernard Momanyi Producers: Lorrah Ngine, Kevin Ngumu & Mary Kiongera Executive Producer: Diana Mutua Script: Lorrah Ngine Editing: Kevin Ngumu