Izzo: So here’s one that’s been making the rounds — How xMemory cuts token costs and context bloat in AI agents. Izzo: You’re listening to Exploring Next. I’m Izzo, and Boone’s here. Let’s get into it. Boone: Yeah, this caught my attention because featured How xMemory cuts token costs and context bloat in AI agents Ben Dickson March 25, 2026 Image credit: VentureBeat with ChatGPT Standard RAG pipelines break when enterprises try to use them for long-term, multi-session LLM agent deployments. Izzo: From a product standpoint, the interesting question is who actually ships with this. it starts at the theme and semantic levels, selecting a diverse, compact set of relevant facts. Boone: Right, and technically the write tax is worth it xMemory cuts the latency bottleneck associated with the LLM's final answer generation. Izzo: Okay so what should people actually go try? The original source is a good starting point: https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/how-xmemory-cuts-token-costs-and-context-bloat-in-ai-agents Boone: Definitely read that first. And if you want to go deeper, look into related tools in the same space — build something small and see where it breaks. Izzo: Good call. That’s the episode — we’ll catch you on the next one.