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# AI Agents are Only as Smart as their Context: Building a Real-Time Context Engine

Are stale data pipelines causing your AI agents to hallucinate? Learn to build a real-time context engine using Flink and Kafka to drive autonomous, context-aware AI workflows.

- **Speakers:** [Bharat Patel](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@bharat-patel)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Duration:** 21:45
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100385-ai-agents-are-only-as-smart-as-their-context-building-a-real-time-context-engine

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