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Expert Mode: The Unseen Foundation of AI-Powered Marketing

May 19, 2026

In our rush to harness these new capabilities, we often overlook the very foundation upon which they are built: the data. And I’m not talking about the clean, structured, first-party data sitting comfortably in our CDPs. I’m referring to the messy, chaotic, and utterly vital torrent of public web…

#845: Bright Data Chief Product Officer Ariel Shulman on why access to real-time web data is critical in the age of autonomous AI

#845: Bright Data Chief Product Officer Ariel Shulman on why access to real-time web data is critical in the age of autonomous AI

Apr 16, 2026

Today, we’re going to talk about the foundational element that will determine the winners and losers in the age of AI: access to high-quality, real-time web data. As AI agents become more autonomous and LLMs more integrated into our workflows, the quality of the public web data they consume…