Dataiku Unveils AI Agents Platform to Rein in Wild West of GenAI

Dataiku, known for its Universal AI Platform™, is making waves with an interesting new offering called AI Agents with Dataiku, which lets businesses create and manage AI agents in a far more cohesive way. Launched this week, the platform promises to streamline the entire agent lifecycle, from creation and deployment right through to ongoing monitoring and optimisation, all while providing proper control and governance.

Over the last year or so, many organisations have started experimenting heavily with generative AI (GenAI) and have begun integrating this technology into their daily workflows. Dataiku revealed that roughly one in five of their existing customers already uses their platform to weave GenAI into their regular data routines, some handling well over a thousand use cases each. It's fair to say the AI genie is well out of the bottle, folks.

But of course, diving headlong into new tech comes with risks. Many organisations find themselves unintentionally creating unruly AI setups, a sort of digital Wild West, where AI agents mushroom across various teams without standardised checks or proper IT oversight. This chaotic sprawl can lead to varying degrees of quality and effectiveness and pose real headaches for governance.

Florian Douetteau, Dataiku co-founder and CEO, highlighted this very point, saying, "AI is raw power—and it’s time for companies to take control. We're at the threshold of reshaping two decades' worth of enterprise software like SAP, Snowflake and Workday, thanks to a powerful new layer of AI-native apps. And to get there, companies simply can’t compromise on governance and control."

Douetteau added that, as firms evolve from simply exploring AI agents to embedding them firmly in operational processes, they'll soon recognise the need to centrally manage their creation and maintain strict governance. This means continually optimising rather than leaving agents to grow stale and overseeing their integration rigorously to avoid growing technical debt.

To tackle these challenges, Dataiku's enhanced platform includes both no-code and full-code options for agent creation—great news for both business folks who aren't tech-savvy and coding wizards alike. Central governance features such as Managed Agent Tools, a GenAI Registry for strategic oversight, and structured Sign-offs ensure agents are created responsibly, securely, and effectively.

Additionally, Dataiku's LLM Mesh infrastructure helps companies safely navigate the growing complexities around securing and orchestrating these agents. With support across cloud providers like Azure and Google, proprietary models such as OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as open-source offerings, Dataiku emphasises flexibility—making life a tad more comfortable for stressed-out IT teams everywhere.

There's also plenty of attention paid to ongoing agent performance. Given that AI agent performance can drop unexpectedly—and often spectacularly—they've rolled out monitoring features like Trace Explorer, Quality Guard, and Cost Guard. These tools enable regular health checks, optimise overall performance, track costs (always handy if budgets are tight), and catch any issues before they escalate into bigger problems.

Importantly, Dataiku’s agents fit seamlessly into existing company environments where data and analytics workloads already reside—whether that's via Databricks, AWS, Snowflake or Microsoft. By combining agent management within their existing data pipelines, Dataiku’s customers can trim back duplication efforts and boost ROI, something that companies are forever chasing these days.

The company's website offers further detail for those keen enough to dig in deeper; who knows, perhaps Arageek readers might find themselves browsing Dataiku’s blog while sipping an afternoon cuppa or nibbling a cheeky biscuit.

Dataiku, which employs over 1,100 people internationally and serves more than 700 corporations, is backed by various prominent investors, including Wellington Management and ICONIQ. With AI spreading rapidly across industries, Dataiku’s newly expanded platform appears set to make life a lot easier (and more sensible) for businesses navigating this increasingly agentic future.

Mind you, clever though these AI tools may be, they're still not quite ready to enjoy a Friday night takeaway curry. Not yet anyway, but watch this sapce.

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