Post by Couchbase

If your enterprise AI agent project stalls this year, don’t blame the model. Gartner predicts 40% of enterprise apps will feature AI agents by the end of 2026, but over 40% of those projects will be canceled by 2027. The culprit isn't model underperformance. It's infrastructure failure in disguise. Without a dedicated data layer, agents run into critical limits: • Stateless interaction: Forgetting past sessions and burning budget on a repeating "token tax". • Fragmented access & inconsistent truth: Disconnected architectures yielding conflicting answers. • Governance gaps: No central compliance or auditability over what data an agent accesses. To successfully move from pilot to production, you need an AI Data Plane™—the governed layer that gives agents persistent memory, tool orchestration, and cloud-to-edge consistency. Read the full article to explore the 3-layer AI architecture and how to build a production-grade foundation. #AI #AgenticAI #EnterpriseAI #AIDataPlane #ODP4AI