AI Agents Force Rethink of Enterprise Data Foundations

AI agents are reshaping how enterprises create, move and govern data, making observability a core architectural requirement rather than an optional add-on. Speaking at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA, analyst Sanjeev Mohan explained that agents bypass traditional pipelines and directly access databases, while also spinning up short-lived databases to test chains of thought before acting. This creates new governance challenges, such as auditing an agent's loan decision that drew on census and social media data. Mohan argues future platforms must converge structured and unstructured data and manage runtime context dynamically.