We audit databases and APIs but skip the inference layer: the agent data boundary gap
Many_Audience7660 · reddit · 2026-08-28
During an internal review, the author found that when agents process sensitive documents, nobody could cleanly answer where inference actually happens — whose infrastructure, which region, who has theoretical access at that moment.
- Databases, APIs, and storage all get compliance scrutiny, yet the inference layer routinely gets a pass, even though inference is when data is actually exposed.
- Two response paths emerge: gateways like Cloudflare's AI Gateway address parts of the boundary question, while teams needing stronger guarantees move toward Sovereign AI — running the full agent stack inside their own environment with nothing routing externally.
- Companies like Lyzr are building specifically for this. The author asks whether teams building agents have actually thought through the inference boundary, or defer it until forced.
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