Boomi AI chief on agentic truth: enterprises need a context layer, not just clean data
jonerp · x · 2026-11-14
diginomica analyst Jon Reed's in-depth CCE 2026 conversation with Boomi's Head of AI Research Michael Bachman, which he calls one of his most impactful enterprise AI interviews of the year:
- Core theme — "agentic truth": quality data alone isn't enough for AI agents; you need a dedicated context layer in the data architecture.
- Debunking buzzwords: Reed challenges the conflation of machine "reasoning" with human reasoning, and argues vendors' favorite term "grounding" is technically inaccurate for current architectures — Bachman engages head-on.
- Context: first of Reed's fall event recaps; he notes this season's AI vendor demos got some things right but fell short, as the industry moves past the "quality data leads to quality AI" bromide.
Worth reading for anyone tracking enterprise agent deployment and data architecture.
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