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/ 8 MIN READ

Hits and Misses from Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026

Gartner opened the Data & Analytics Summit 2026 with a memorable metaphor. The keynote framed the current moment as a raft ride through a roaring, treacherous river. The river represented AI . Fast-moving. Powerful. Difficult…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

/ 6 MIN READ

The Future Is Open: Why Open Semantics Matter More Than Ever

When we launched AtScale over a decade ago, the idea of a universal semantic layer was ahead of its time. Today, it’s no longer a vision, and it’s the foundation for modern analytics and enterprise…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

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Why Agentic AI Fails Without a Semantic Layer

Many teams assume they’re doing agentic analytics because they support text-to-SQL or chat-based BI. And while conversational BI does change how questions are asked, it doesn’t go so far as to change how decisions are…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

/ 5 MIN READ

The Missing Pillar in Agentic AI: Why I Joined AtScale

Recently, while debating my next career chapter with a close friend, they highlighted something I had almost begun to take for granted: the most important work our civilization is doing right now is tied to…

Posted By: Jay Schuren

/ 6 MIN READ

The Hidden Costs of Letting People “Talk to Data” with AI

Conversational BI pilots succeed because they operate in constrained environments. A dozen users, curated datasets, predictable query patterns. When AI agents enter the picture, everything breaks. Gartner forecasts that more than 40% of agentic AI…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

/ 7 MIN READ

Why Most Enterprise AI Projects Fail (and How to Make Them Work at Scale)

Most enterprise AI projects follow a familiar pattern. Successful demos lead to promising pilots. Executives commit budgets to scale the initiative across departments. Then the wheels come off. Despite $30-40B in enterprise investment in GenAI…

Posted By: Dave Mariani

/ 4 MIN READ

Why Context Became the Most Critical Layer in Enterprise AI

I recently sat down with Juan Sequeda, Principal Researcher at ServiceNow and co-author of Designing and Building Enterprise Knowledge Graphs , to discuss what’s happening in enterprise data and AI. Listen to the full podcast…

Posted By: Dave Mariani