Quentin Packard
Quentin Packard is VP of Americas Sales at Cockroach Labs.
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Security
Why Your AI Agent Has an Identity Problem
The agent your team just shipped to external users has the ability to read customer records, execute transactions, and call external APIs.
Quentin Packard
July 17, 2026
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Why Agent Loops Fail in Production (and the Database Patterns That Fix Them)
Agent loops fail in production for reasons that have little to do with the model, and everything to do with what happens to their state between iterations.
Quentin Packard
July 1, 2026
The Thundering Herd Problem in Agentic AI: Why Traditional Fixes Fall Short
The thundering herd of the past was externally triggered.
Quentin Packard
June 19, 2026
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Business
The Bill Arrives: How to Manage Agentic AI Costs at Scale
What do the Uber budget blowout, a 24x token multiplier, and context teach us about building a real business case for AI Agents in production?
Quentin Packard
June 10, 2026
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What Breaks When Agentic AI Reaches Production?
Most enterprise AI teams have built an agent that was impressive; far fewer have shipped one without a production incident that made someone question the whole program.
Quentin Packard
June 4, 2026
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AI Agents Need Context to Reason, Not Just Data
When your AI agent makes a bad decision in production, what do you blame?
Quentin Packard
May 28, 2026