Agentic AINo. 011
What did your agents do yesterday?
Everyone is counting AI agents, and far fewer organisations can say which ones exist, what each one can access and what it did yesterday.
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The data rules are not what is stalling your AI
Alex Collins·21 September 2026·2 min read
The read
95% of Enterprises Have Delayed AI Projects as Infrastructure Limitations Spark 'The Great AI Re-Architecture,' New Cloudera Report FindsCloudera · 11 August 2026
Your AI isn't stuck because of the AI. It's stuck because of your data.
95% of 1,500 tech leaders told Cloudera they had delayed or cancelled AI work over data governance, compliance or regulation. Cloudera sells data platforms FYI.
My view: most company data was built to produce a monthly report for people. That works for a finance team reading a pack once a month, and it fails an agent making hundreds of decisions an hour.
So if your AI keeps stalling at the data review, stop arguing with compliance and fix the data so it can be acted on, with a budget and an owner in the plan.
The question I would sit with
How often does your most important AI use case need its data refreshed, and who is allowed to act on it?
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Alex Collins
Co-founder & COO of RAI Digital, a consulting venture builder · Ex-EY Consulting Partner · Writing on agentic AI, venture building, logistics platforms and transformation leadership.
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