Ramaswamy: Enterprise sales reps must be technical enough to explain agentic AI
Sridhar Ramaswamy · Snowflake's CEO on the AI Data Cloud, Partner Strategy, and What’s Next · Jun 18, 2025 · at 21:06
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy discusses the level of technical knowledge required for modern enterprise account executives.
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“Honestly, you have to be pretty technical today to succeed because your customer is going to ask you about Agent TKI. You can't white code your way through answering what Agent TKI can do for the customer. It's hard.”
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