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ENTERPRISE AI PLATFORM

Technical infrastructure for AI solution delivery including model management, data layer, AI gateway, orchestration, and AI operations

The pointBuild the platform one funded use case at a time.

PLATFORM MATURITY LADDER

P0 → P3 — each tier is built only when the previous one demonstrably runs out of road.

START SIMPLE
Value, Maturity & Complexity Increase →
SCALE UP
P0Direct API
One vendor API + secrets vault + spend alertWhen: Demos, pilots, single teamNo gateway, no platform team — do not build ahead of demand
More than 2 teams calling models? Shadow AI appearing?
P1Gateway
+ Central model gateway: authN/Z, rate limits, PII redaction, logging, cost visibility, model routingWhen: Multiple teams, first production workloadsNo vector infra, no eval platform yet — gateway before services
Teams rebuilding RAG, evals, prompts from scratch?
P2Shared Services
+ Data products + vector/retrieval infra, Evaluation Services (golden sets, runners, judges), prompt/pattern library, observability, registriesWhen: Reuse matters, 5+ use casesNo agent runtime yet — shared services before autonomy
Long-running agents taking actions in production?
P3Agent-Ready
+ Orchestration runtime, agent identity & auth, HITL workflows, MCP/A2A protocols, agent registry & lifecycle, FinOps chargeback, autonomy controlsWhen: Agentic workloads at scaleOnly with funded agentic use cases — the heaviest tier
Platform ahead of demand is failure mode #3 — platform behind demand is shadow AI
Architecture
Data Sources
Use Cases

Model Assessment & Selection

from P0
FOUNDATION
OpenAI
Anthropic
Google
Others
OR
OPEN SOURCE
Llama/Meta
Mistral
DeepSeek
Others
Vendors illustrative, as of 2026
DEPLOYMENT (for Open Source)
CloudAWS/Azure/GCP
On-PremiseOwn infrastructure
MODEL CAPABILITIES
Agent-OptimizedModels for agentic use
Reasoning ModelsComplex planning
Model RoutingIntelligent selection
Context StrategyLong context mgmt
Model RegistryVersion catalog
Model ModalityText, image, audio
Assemble vs AdoptSuite vs best-of-breed

Data Layer

from P2
AI DATA COMPONENTS
Vector DBEmbeddings storage
Graph DBRelationship data
Knowledge BaseAgent knowledge
Real-time FeedsStreaming data
DATA INTEROPERABILITY
Data PrepValidation & quality
IntegrationCross-system
ETL/ELTData pipelines
DATA FABRIC
Unified Access
Virtualization
Metadata Mgmt
Governance
Data Products
ENTERPRISE DATA SOURCES
Data LakeRaw/unstructured
Data WarehouseStructured analytics
LakehouseHybrid approach
Other SourcesAPIs, DBs, files

Enterprise AI Gateway

from P1
INPUT (Prompt)
Rate LimitingAPI usage controls
SSO/RBACIdentity & access mgmt
PII RedactionData protection
Prompt GuardInjection protection
Agent Identity & AuthAgent authentication
Action AuthorizationPermission controls
GuardrailsContent safety (input)
OUTPUT (Response)
Groundedness ChecksJudge-model grounding scores
Output MonitoringSampled fairness & drift audits
GuardrailsContent safety (output)
SHARED
Monitoring
Logging
Caching
Session Mgmt
Agent Protocols

Orchestration

from P3
RUNTIME EXECUTION
Workflow EngineMulti-agent execution
HITL WorkflowsHuman approval
Edge OrchestrationEdge AI coordination
Dynamic ProvisioningOn-demand scaling
AGENT MANAGEMENT
Agent RegistryCatalog & discovery
Lifecycle MgmtDeploy, update, retire
FRAMEWORKS
Orchestratione.g. LangChain, LlamaIndex
Agentice.g. CrewAI, AutoGen
Prompt LibraryTemplate mgmt
Illustrative, as of 2026
INTEGRATIONS & PROTOCOLS
Partner HubThird-party integrations
MCP ProtocolModel Context Protocol
A2A ProtocolAgent-to-Agent comms

AI Ops

from P2
GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE
Security & ComplianceSecurity ops
SLAs & MetricsPerformance targets
Audit TrailCompliance logs
OBSERVABILITY
PerformanceSystem tracking
Agent ObservabilityDecision tracing
Anomaly DetectionUnusual behavior
ANALYSIS & INSIGHTS
Debugging & ReplayBehavior analysis
LLM as JudgeRuntime AI evaluation
Cost AttributionPer-agent costs
Evaluation ServicesGolden sets, runners, judges
OPERATIONS
ML & LLM OpsModel operations
Feedback LoopContinuous learning
Platform
Services
Cloud-Native
Secure
Scalable
Observable
Agent-Ready
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