The Data Behind the Agents with MongoDB's Boris Bialek & Intellect Design's Raman Jatkar

<p>In this RedMonk conversation, Stephen O'Grady sits down with Boris Bialek, VP of Industries at MongoDB, and Raman Jatkar, Head of Product Management for Purple Fabric at Intellect Design, to examine where agentic AI and data platforms converge. The discussion makes the case that data, not models, determines enterprise outcomes. Raman reframes hallucination as a data architecture and sequencing problem, solved through deliberate ingestion, chunking, and retrieval strategies rather than model swaps. Boris stresses governance, lineage, guardrails, and the often-overlooked security risks of agent-to-agent interactions like open banking. Both argue that data and AI platforms should be treated as one interconnected capability, with governance built in rather than bolted on. The conversation closes on the renewed importance of operational, real-time data, what Boris calls OLTP returning to center stage, and keeping the human customer at the end of every workflow.<br /><br />This RedMonk conversation is sponsored by MongoDB.<br /><br />Show notes: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://redmonk.com/videos/boris-bialek-raman-jatkar/" target="_blank">https://redmonk.com/videos/boris-bialek-raman-jatkar/</a><br /><br />Chapters<br />00:00 Introduction to the AI Agentic Era<br />01:58 Understanding Purple Fabric and Its Tech Stacks<br />05:52 Addressing Hallucinations in AI Models<br />09:26 Governance and Compliance in AI Systems<br />12:33 Challenges and Opportunities in Data and AI Integration</p>