How to Prevent AI Tool Sprawl When Your Company's Data Foundation is Weak
West_Kangaroo7132 · reddit · 2026-08-13
The author's new company has very low data maturity but is trying to throw AI at broken processes. While building a foundational data strategy, they urgently need to prevent internal AI sprawl.
Previously, they used Databricks for AI products, which offered great orchestration, governance, and guardrails but was expensive. However, their current AI lead is heavily using Enterprise ChatGPT and Power Automate, risking a sprawl of ungoverned tools. The author is asking the community for robust enterprise AI stacks and proactive strategies to limit AI junk sprawl in critical business processes.
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