The line between human work and AI capabilities is blurring in today's business environment. AI agents are now handling autonomous tasks across customer support, data management, and sales prospecting with increasing sophistication. But how do you effectively integrate these agents into your existing workflows? What's the right approach to training and evaluating AI team members? With data quality being the foundation of successful AI implementation, how can you ensure your systems have the unified context they need while maintaining proper governance and privacy controls?Karen Ng is the executive vice president of product at HubSpot, where she leads product strategy, design, and partnerships with the mission of helping millions of organizations grow better. Since joining in 2022, she has driven innovation across Smart CRM, Operations Hub, Breeze Intelligence, and the developer ecosystem, with a focus on unifying structured and unstructured data to make AI truly useful for businesses. Known for leading with clarity and “AI speed,” she pushes HubSpot to stay ahead of disruption and empower customers to thrive.Previously, Karen held senior product leadership roles at Common Room, Google, and Microsoft. At Common Room, she built the product and data science teams from the ground up, while at Google she directed Android’s product frameworks like Jetpack and Jetpack Compose. During more than a decade at Microsoft, she helped shape the company’s .NET strategy and launched the Roslyn compiler platform. Recognized as a Product 50 Winner and recipient of the PM Award for Technical Strategist, she also advises and invests in high-growth technology companies.In the episode, Richie and Karen explore the evolving role of AI agents in sales, marketing, and support, the distinction between chatbots, co-pilots, and autonomous agents, the importance of data quality and context, the concept of hybrid teams, the future of AI-driven business processes, and much more.Links Mentioned in the Show:<ul><li><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/artificial-intelligence/breeze-ai-agents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hubspot Breeze Agents</a></li><li>Connect with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenng2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karen</a></li><li><a href="https://www.datacamp.com/webinars/pricing-and-monetizing-your-ai-products" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Webinar: Pricing & Monetizing Your AI Products with Sam Lee, VP of Pricing Strategy & Product Operations at HubSpot</a></li><li><a href="https://www.datacamp.com/podcast/enterprise-ai-agents-with-jun-qian" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Related Episode: Enterprise AI Agents with Jun Qian, VP of Generative AI Services at Oracle</a></li><li><a href="https://www.datacamp.com/radar/ai-2025" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rewatch RADAR AI</a>&nbsp;</li></ul> New to DataCamp?<ul><li>Learn on the go using the<a href="https://www.datacamp.com/mobile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> DataCamp mobile app</a></li><li>Empower your business with world-class data and AI skills with<a href="https://www.datacamp.com/business" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> DataCamp for business</a></li></ul>

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