Tech Leaders Outline Enterprise Data Architecture Needs for AI at Scale

30 Sept 2026, 4:52 pm · 2d ago · 1 min read · Inc42

At Inc42's 'The CTO Summit 2026' in Bengaluru, engineering leaders addressed the foundational data requirements for enterprise AI adoption. The panel featured PhonePe Head of Engineering Kisalay Ranjan, OceanBase GM Bhanu Jamwal, and Fibe CTO Anil Sinha, moderated by Digio EIR Kshitij Shah. Ranjan emphasized maintaining data provenance and element-level access governance across transactional databases and data warehouses to ensure compliance. Jamwal highlighted the necessity of unified data pipelines bridging transactional systems, data lakes, and vector searches to reliably power autonomous AI agents across modern enterprise workflows.