The Semantic Layer Just Became the Most Important Conversation in Enterprise AI

The AI landscape in 2026 didn’t introduce the semantic layer to enterprise data teams. It made it impossible to ignore.

Join us for “The Semantic Layer Just Became the Most Important Conversation in Enterprise AI.” Devon Plopper, Director of Partner Enablement at Strategy, and Juliana Schoettler, Senior Outbound Product Manager at Strategy, walk through why organizations need a governed semantic layer, what acting on AI without strong foundations actually costs, and why Strategy Mosaic is the vendor-neutral answer. Along the way, they touch on what key announcements from Google Next ’26 confirmed about where enterprise AI is headed—and what that means for your stack.

What you'll learn: 

• Why a governed semantic layer is now the non-negotiable foundation for agentic BI—and what breaks without one
• What it actually looks like when AI operates without governed context: hallucinated metric definitions, fabricated KPIs, and bypassed row-level security
• Why governance can’t be retrofitted—and why organizations that already have a governed semantic layer are significantly better positioned
• How Strategy Mosaic acts as a vendor-neutral control plane across your data and AI stack
• What Google Next ’26 confirmed about the direction of enterprise AI—and what Google Cloud’s Head of AI GTM Jim Fairweather outlined at Strategy World 2026

What we'll cover: 

• A real-world data frustration story that illustrates what breaks when AI agents operate without a governed semantic layer
• What “governed” actually means in practice: row-level security, audit, lineage, and consistent metric definitions across every AI agent and BI tool
• Why MCP is emerging as the standard for governed data access—and what it means for every AI agent in your stack
• How Strategy Mosaic’s 200+ data source connectors, MCP-native agent access, and full audit and lineage make it the portable, reusable answer above any single vendor’s ecosystem
• Key announcements from Google Next ’26 and a keynote appearance by Jim Fairweather at Strategy World 2026

If your organization is investing in AI agents, the foundation you build on matters. This session will show you why—and what to do about it.