Everyone wants agents, but the data layer is the real bottleneck
max_gladysh · reddit · 2026-08-26
The author argues that the primary obstacle to implementing AI agents is not the models, but the lack of a clean data layer. Data is often scattered across drives, CRMs, and knowledge bases, forcing teams to build siloed integrations. The advice is to build a unified, trusted company data layer (a "second brain") before building agents. Key lessons: models aren't the bottleneck; pausing projects to build the data layer is actually faster; and one-off tools accumulate as technical debt.
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