From Context to Semantics: How Metadata Powers Agentic AI

This podcast explores the evolving role of metadata platforms in the age of AI, particularly focusing on context engineering for LLMs and agentic use cases. Suresh Srinivas and Sriharsha Chintalapani, co-founders of OpenMetadata and Collate, discuss how metadata's role has shifted from primarily serving human data consumers to also powering AI systems. They emphasize the importance of semantics, not just context, for AI to avoid hallucinations and ensure accurate outcomes. The discussion highlights OpenMetadata's growth, its agentic framework for automating data preparation for AI, and the challenges of AI governance, including managing access and ensuring data security in enterprise-wide AI agents. They also touch on the need for human oversight in AI implementation and the potential for AI to simplify user interfaces and streamline data workflows.