Quentin Packard
Quentin Packard is GM of Americas at Cockroach Labs.
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A2A Is Now an Open Standard. The Data Layer Underneath It Isn't.
In April 2025, Google released a protocol for agent-to-agent communication. Within three months, Google had donated it to the Linux Foundation...
Quentin Packard
August 19, 2026
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Multi-Tenant AI Agents: Why Data Isolation Starts at the Database
Most SaaS teams shipping agentic features focus on prompt safety and API-layer filtering. But effective AI agent security also depends on...
Quentin Packard
August 11, 2026
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GDPR & Data Regulations
Scale & Resilience
DORA Compliance for AI Agents: Database Requirements Before Deployment
Financial AI agents operating under DORA, the EU AI Act, and GDPR need infrastructure that supports operational resilience, traceability, and reliable transaction processing.
Quentin Packard
August 7, 2026
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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