The challenge
What needed to change
Enterprises want AI agents to reason from trusted business data, but their information often spans mainframes, COBOL, SAS, on-premises systems and multiple clouds.
The approach
How the team responded
Ab Initio integrated its data fabric with BigQuery, Dataplex Universal Catalog and Gemini. Its connector suite exposes the context and lineage AI systems need without requiring every dataset to be moved.
Key takeaways
Trusted metadata is as important as raw data for AI agents.
Federation can preserve data location while supplying shared context.
Lineage helps make automated decisions auditable and explainable.