Atlan CEO Prukalpa Sankar - AI agent workflows and hiring AI native talent

In this episode of the World of DaaS podcast, Auren Hoffman interviews Prukalpa Sankar, the co-founder and CEO of Atlan, about transforming Atlan into an AI-native company. Prukalpa details Atlan's three-level approach, which includes forming an AI task force, launching an AI productivity challenge, and creating AI-native departments with AI agents. She emphasizes the importance of processing vast amounts of information and generating content using AI, as well as the need for clean thinking and a growth mindset when hiring in the age of AI. Prukalpa also discusses the challenges companies face in trusting and utilizing data, highlighting the diversity and rapid change within the data ecosystem. She touches on the recent acquisitions in the metadata space and the shift towards open data formats, and also shares Atlan's remote-first approach, including the implementation of "Atlan Standard Time" and intentional human connection strategies.