AI agents for data engineering and data science | The Agent Factory Podcast

Learn about AI agents for data engineering and data science. Join Smitha Kolan and Lucia Subatin as they cover new releases like the computer use model and CodeMender, and Lucia demos the BigQuery data engineering agent, the data science agent, and an ADK application for generating comics from Spanner concepts. The episode concludes with a Q&A session addressing the availability and scalability of the demonstrated agents. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - Gemini Computer Use Model and Demo 04:33 - CodeMender: AI agent for code security 06:44 - Data Engineering and Data Science Agents Demo 09:01 - How the data science agent helps in detecting anomalies in datasets 10:27 - How the data engineering agent uses AI to generate SQL and create data pipelines 26:01 - Demo of ADK app that uses a Spanner graph database and generates comics using Nano Banana 38:49 - Developer Q&A In this episode, you will learn: 1️⃣ How different agents and AI tools help you as a data engineer 2️⃣ How to connect agents to BigQuery and Spanner through ADK + MCP 3️⃣ Use a knowledge graph in Spanner to ground RAG and reduce drift 4️⃣ Learn to build data pipelines to have the right data for our agentic apps using the BigQuery Data Engineering agent and Data Science agent using natural language 5️⃣ Learn how to use Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model and CodeMender 🔗 Resources & links mentioned: ➖ Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model Blog → https://goo.gle/3W7PCJ7 ➖ Gemini 2.5 Computer Use Model Doc → https://goo.gle/3J6ZpMr ➖ Read about CodeMender, an AI agent for code security → https://goo.gle/4oiuZpx ➖ Spanner samples git repository → https://goo.gle/3KS10q4 ➖ Get Access to the BigQuery Data Engineering Agent → https://goo.gle/bq-dea-pre-ga-form ➖ Check out the Data Science Agent → https://goo.gle/4n8ceUV ➖ Connect with Lucia Subatin → https://goo.gle/4n93ZIj ➖ Connect with Smitha Kolan → https://goo.gle/4op4nn4 About The Agent Factory: "The Agent Factory" is a video-first technical podcast for dev