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Episode 13 · Nov 19, 2025

Belkin’s Jyoti Malik on Agentic Commerce: Audit Data Quality Before Chasing AI Agents

Jyoti Malik · Senior Director of E-commerce, Belkin

Jyoti Malik's warning for anyone excited about agentic commerce: being "connected" across channels doesn't mean you actually understand your customer if the data underneath is a mess. She makes the case for auditing first-party data before investing in any new infrastructure — mapping business outcomes two years out and asking honestly whether you can even act on the data you already collect.