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45 minutes
Includes live Q&A
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The Death of the MQL: How AI Agents are Rewriting Lead Qualification

98% of your website traffic never converts. The 2% who fill out forms give you just enough information to qualify poorly. This session shows you what replaces them.

Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai
CEO, Docket · Former CDO, ZoomInfo
DGR
Moderator
Demand Gen Report

This is not another "AI will change everything" webinar.

This is a practical session for demand gen leaders and RevOps who need to know whether AI agents actually fix the lead quality problem, or whether this is another tool that generates excitement and delivers the same mediocre pipeline.

In the session, you will learn:
  • Why the MQL model is structurally broken. Not evolving, not fixable, broken. We will show the arithmetic that makes MQL scoring models produce false confidence.
  • What an Agent-Qualified Lead (AQL) actually is. This is not a rebrand of the MQL. It is a fundamentally different signal. You will see what a real-time AI discovery conversation captures that a form cannot.
  • A live 5-minute agent demo. Not slides. An AI agent conducting discovery, handling a hard question about Salesforce integration, qualifying intent, and booking a meeting. On a live website. In real time.
  • How to solve the sales handoff problem. Sales has ignored MQL notes for years. We will show you exactly what changes when the "notes" are a full conversation transcript with qualification data, pain points, and intent scores pushed to CRM.
  • Where to start without blowing up your MQL infrastructure. How to run an AQL pilot alongside your existing lead model so you can prove it out before changing comp plans, reporting, or your sales SLA.
Session agenda · 45 min
0:00
The MQL cross-examination
Why are we calling MQLs dead? Is this dramatic? The moderator challenges every claim.
0:10
Why this time is different
Progressive profiling, intent data, lead scoring. All failed. What is structurally different about agents?
0:18
Live 5-min agent demo
Raw demo on a live website. Discovery, objection handling, meeting booked.
0:23
The AQL framework
What an Agent-Qualified Lead is. How the handoff to sales changes. Where competitive advantage lives.
0:35
Live Q&A
Sales buy-in. Data privacy. Buyers who prefer humans. Your questions answered.
Arjun Pillai
Arjun Pillai
Co-founder & CEO, Docket
Former CDO, ZoomInfo
DGR
Moderator
Demand Gen Report
B2B Media

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