
AI Agents Podcast · 2026-05-01 · 54 min
Subscribe to AI Agents Podcast Channel: In this episode of the AI Agents Podcast, host Demetri Panici sits down with Brendan Norman, co-founder and CEO of Classify, to explore how contextual intelligence is becoming a foundational layer for AI agents. Brendan breaks down how Classify helps machines understand content at a deeper, more human-like level - and why that matters for everything from advertising to autonomous agents. They also dive into how AI is reshaping small teams, why agents still struggle with consistency, and what’s really happening behind the scenes as infrastructure evolves. If you want to understand the next layer of AI beyond models - the systems that make them actually useful - this episode is worth watching. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Why understanding AI is constantly evolving 02:28 - Brendan’s background and building Classify 05:05 - Agents vs bots and how AI systems interact 08:12 - The missing layer: contextual intelligence 13:16 - Do AI models actually understand language?