#845: Bright Data Chief Product Officer Ariel Shulman on why access to real-time web data is critical in the age of autonomous AI
The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®: Expert Mode Marketing Technology, AI, & CX
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
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Summary
We talk endlessly about the power of AI models, but what happens when the public web data they rely on is incomplete, outdated, or just plain wrong?
Agility requires not just reacting to market changes, but anticipating them by having a clear, real-time view of the world. This means having the infrastructure to see the digital landscape as it truly is, not just how it's presented in curated reports.
Today, we're going to talk about the foundational element that will determine the winners and losers in the age of AI: access to high-quality, real-time web data. As AI agents become more autonomous and LLMs more integrated into our workflows, the quality of the public web data they consume is no longer an academic concern—it's a critical business imperative that impacts everything from competitive intelligence to dynamic pricing and customer experience.
To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Ariel Shulman, Chief Product Officer at Bright Data.
About Ariel Shulman
Ariel Shulman is Chief Product Officer at Bright Data, the world's #1 web data infrastructure company for AI & BI. With more than 20,000 global customers, including 14 of the top 20 LLM labs, Bright Data powers 100 million daily AI agent interactions. Ariel is an accomplished executive with extensive experience in technology management, business development, marketing, and strategy. Since joining Bright Data in 2021, Ariel has leveraged his networking, security, and Internet expertise to drive innovation to access high-quality public web data solutions at scale. He now serves as CPO, responsible for Bright Data’s AI-integrated product suite that leads innovation.
Fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Hebrew, with professional experience across multiple countries, Ariel plays a pivotal role in shaping Bright Data's global positioning.
Ariel Shulman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielshu/
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| 0:00.0 | We talk a lot about the power of AI models, but what happens when the public web data they rely on is incomplete, outdated, or just plain wrong? |
| 0:09.1 | Agility requires not just reacting to market changes, but anticipating them by having a clear, real-time view of the world. |
| 0:16.1 | This means having the infrastructure to see the digital landscape as it truly is, not just how it's presented and curated reports. |
| 0:22.6 | Today we're going to talk about the foundational element that will determine the winners and losers in the age of AI, |
| 0:28.6 | access to high-quality, real-time web data. As AI agents become more autonomous and LLMs, more integrated into our workflows, |
| 0:36.6 | the quality of the public web data they consume is no longer an academic concern. |
| 0:41.3 | It's a critical business imperative that impacts everything from competitive intelligence to dynamic pricing and customer experience. |
| 0:49.3 | Welcome to Season 8 of the Agile Brand Podcast. |
| 0:54.7 | This season, we're going all in on expert mode MARTEC, AI, and customer experience, |
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| 1:02.9 | Again, I'm your host, Greg Kilstrom, and I help Fortune 1000 companies make sense of |
| 1:07.2 | MARTEC, AI, and MarketingOps. |
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| 1:22.4 | and real-world adoption. For more information, go to TechSystems.com. Now let's dive in. To help me discuss this topic, |
| 1:31.4 | I'd like to welcome Ariel Schulman, Chief Product Officer at Bright Data. Ariel, welcome to the show. |
| 1:36.8 | Thank you, Rick. Thanks for having me. Yeah, looking forward to talking, definitely a timely topic here to be diving into. |
| 1:47.7 | Before we do, though, why don't you give a little background on yourself and your role at Bright Data? |
| 1:48.8 | Sure. |
| 1:52.1 | So, as you said, I'm Bright Data as chief protocol officer. |
| 1:55.7 | I've been with a company for about 11 years across several different roles. |
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