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AI Agents in Pharma and Life Sciences: 6 Platforms and What Survives Validation — Dataworkz
Industry Use Cases

AI Agents in Pharma and Life Sciences: 6 Platforms and What Survives Validation

What “agentic AI” means in a validated environment An AI agent takes a goal, decides on a sequence of steps,…

Matthew Brady Sep 9, 2026 · 7 min
What Is Data Lineage? Column-Level, End-to-End, and Why Regulators Ask — Dataworkz
Data Engineering

What Is Data Lineage? Column-Level, End-to-End, and Why Regulators Ask

Data lineage is the record of where a data element came from, what happened to it along the way, and…

Nikhil Smotra Sep 9, 2026 · 5 min
BCBS 239 FAQ: The 14 Principles, Who It Applies To, and What Examiners Ask — Dataworkz
Industry Use Cases

BCBS 239 FAQ: The 14 Principles, Who It Applies To, and What Examiners Ask

BCBS 239 is the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting, published on…

Nikhil Smotra Sep 9, 2026 · 5 min
Data Lineage in Snowflake, Databricks, dbt and Collibra: What Each One Actually Covers — Dataworkz
Data Engineering

Data Lineage in Snowflake, Databricks, dbt and Collibra: What Each One Actually Covers

All four of these give you data lineage. Each one gives it to you inside its own boundary, and each…

Nikhil Smotra Sep 9, 2026 · 5 min
Chunk-Level RBAC: Enforcing Permissions Where the Agent Actually Reads — Dataworkz
RAG & Retrieval

Chunk-Level RBAC: Enforcing Permissions Where the Agent Actually Reads

The usual advice about agents and access control is to get your document permissions right before you connect anything. It…

Nikhil Smotra Aug 27, 2026 · 11 min
Agentic RAG vs. Vectorless Retrieval: A 25-Query Benchmark — Dataworkz
RAG & Retrieval

Agentic RAG vs. Vectorless Retrieval: A 25-Query Benchmark

There’s no single retrieval strategy that wins every time. Lexical search, vector embeddings, tree/vectorless traversal, GraphRAG: each trades off cost,…

Ashish Mahendru Aug 7, 2026 · 11 min
Reasoned Plan vs Deterministic Plan — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Reasoned Plan vs Deterministic Plan

When we argue about agents, we argue about the model. Which one reasons best, which one holds context longest, which…

Nikhil Smotra Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min
Build vs Buy AI Agents: Why It's the Wrong Question (and What to Ask Instead) — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Build vs Buy AI Agents: Why It's the Wrong Question (and What to Ask Instead)

Someone in your organization has already framed the next meeting as a fork in the road: do we build our…

Matthew Brady Aug 5, 2026 · 8 min
What Is an Agentic AI Platform? A Buyer's Guide for 2026 — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

What Is an Agentic AI Platform? A Buyer's Guide for 2026

Every enterprise software vendor now says the word “agentic.” That is exactly why the term has stopped telling you anything.…

Matthew Brady Aug 5, 2026 · 9 min
The Auditable AI Agents Framework — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

The Auditable AI Agents Framework

Most enterprise AI conversations I sit in are about capability. Can the agent do the task. Can it handle the…

Sachin Smotra Jul 29, 2026 · 4 min
The Agentic AI Category in 2026: BOAT, the Auditable Edge, and Where It Goes Next — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

The Agentic AI Category in 2026: BOAT, the Auditable Edge, and Where It Goes Next

The interesting question about agentic AI in 2026 is not whether it works. Enough of it works. The question is…

Sachin Smotra Jul 29, 2026 · 7 min
Inside the Machine — Part 2: How the Dataworkz DSL Implements Neuro-Symbolic AI — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Inside the Machine — Part 2: How the Dataworkz DSL Implements Neuro-Symbolic AI

We didn't set out to build a neuro-symbolic AI system. We set out to solve a stubborn engineering problem—orchestrating multi-step…

Ashwin Jul 10, 2026 · 7 min
Why Enterprise AI Needs a Symbolic Backbone — Part 1: The Idea — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Why Enterprise AI Needs a Symbolic Backbone — Part 1: The Idea

There is a comfortable story circulating in enterprise AI: give a capable language model the right tools and the right…

Ashwin Jul 10, 2026 · 6 min
Inside an Enterprise AI Agent: Building a Self-Service Password Reset on Microsoft Graph — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Inside an Enterprise AI Agent: Building a Self-Service Password Reset on Microsoft Graph

Every IT leader knows the number by heart. Somewhere between a fifth and a third of all help desk calls…

Ashwin Jul 7, 2026 · 11 min
Agentic AI Platforms for the Enterprise in 2026: The 10 Worth Knowing, by Category — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Agentic AI Platforms for the Enterprise in 2026: The 10 Worth Knowing, by Category

Agentic AI has crossed from slideware into production. Enterprises are no longer asking whether an agent can draft an email…

Matthew Brady Jul 7, 2026 · 9 min
Leading a Team Through the Agentic Coding Shift — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

Leading a Team Through the Agentic Coding Shift

There’s a moment in every team’s adoption of agentic coding where the tooling stops being the interesting part. The models…

Phaneendra Kumar Divi Jul 1, 2026 · 7 min
The Future of Engineering in the Age of AI — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

The Future of Engineering in the Age of AI: Why Junior Engineers Still Matter

A popular prediction is making the rounds: AI will make junior software engineers obsolete. We think it is wrong, and…

Nikhil Smotra Jun 23, 2026 · 4 min
The Rise of Agentic Workflows — Dataworkz
Agentic AI

The Rise of Agentic Workflows: 10 Multi-App, Multi-Department Use Cases Shaping the Future of Automation

Enterprise automation is undergoing a major shift. For years, organizations invested heavily in RPA, BPA, and low-code tools, only to…

Matthew Brady Jun 12, 2026 · 4 min
Industry Use Cases

Explain Time Before You Pay: How Enterprises Validate Consulting Invoices With Clairence

If you manage enterprise consulting invoices, this scenario likely feels all too familiar: An invoice arrives in your inbox. The…

Kyle Mongiello Feb 5, 2026 · 3 min
Data Engineering

How Category-Based Transformations Simplify Data Integration

In today’s go-to-market ecosystems, customer data doesn’t live in one place. Sales teams manage pipelines in Salesforce, marketers run campaigns…

Kyle Mongiello Dec 1, 2025 · 4 min
Industry Use Cases

Modernizing Insurance Communication with AI: Beyond Email, Toward Complete Insurance Claims Automation

Insurers today interact with policyholders across more channels than ever—email, mobile apps, web portals, SMS, chatbots, and live phone support.…

Kyle Mongiello Nov 24, 2025 · 5 min
Industry Use Cases

How Agentic AI Is Transforming Liability Assessment

Why Liability Assessment Is So Hard Liability assessment sits at the heart of insurance decision-making, yet it remains one of…

Ashish Mahendru Oct 15, 2025 · 3 min
Industry Use Cases

Underwriting with Agentic AI

The Mid-Market Challenge The mid-market insurance segment presents a unique challenge for carriers and brokers alike. Unlike large enterprise accounts…

Ashwin Oct 7, 2025 · 5 min
Tutorials & How-To

Implementing Copilot ↔ Dataworkz with Topics

Create Your Copilot Agent In Copilot Studio, create a new Copilot. Name it something clear, like Enterprise Insights (Dataworkz). Add…

Ashwin Oct 3, 2025 · 2 min
Industry Use Cases

The Hidden Cost of Claims Processing

Insurance claim liability decisions are far more expensive, and operationally draining, than they might appear at first glance. What seems…

Kyle Mongiello Sep 30, 2025 · 5 min
Agentic AI

Integrating Dataworkz Agents with Copilot: Bringing Enterprise Context into Everyday Workflows

The Next Step in Intelligent Productivity Microsoft Copilot has redefined how people interact with information across the modern workplace. Within…

Kyle Mongiello Sep 27, 2025 · 6 min
Industry Use Cases

The Problem with Traditional Claims Processing

The Problem with Traditional Claims Processing Motor insurance claims are among the most complex and contested in the industry. Unlike…

Nikhil Smotra Sep 23, 2025 · 3 min
Industry Use Cases

How Agentic AI is Transforming Travel Insurance Claims

Travel insurance is meant to offer peace of mind, but the process of filing a claim often delivers the opposite.…

Ashish Mahendru Sep 16, 2025 · 5 min
Agentic AI

Why We Built Insurance AI Agents That Think Differently

The insurance world isn’t short on AI agents. Every week, there’s a new headline about bots handling claims or underwriting.…

Sachin Smotra Sep 9, 2025 · 2 min
Agentic AI

Agentic AI, Three Ways: DIY, Platforms, or Vertical Apps - When to Use Which

Agentic AI has moved from lab demos to board-level priorities, and most teams now face a familiar decision: build, buy,…

Sachin Hejip Sep 2, 2025 · 8 min
Tutorials & How-To

No Code AI Tools: Unlocking AI Potential for Everyone

In the past, artificial intelligence development was largely restricted to data scientists and engineers. Today, the emergence of no code…

Kyle Mongiello May 28, 2025 · 6 min
RAG & Retrieval

RAG-as-a-Service vs. Traditional AI Solutions: Why It’s the Future

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, businesses are seeking solutions that not only enhance performance but also offer…

Nikhil Smotra May 16, 2025 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

Future Trends in Retrieval Augmented Generation and Its Impact on AI

As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) stands out as one of the most transformative advancements. By…

Kyle Mongiello May 16, 2025 · 4 min
RAG & Retrieval

Top Features to Look for in the Best GenAI App

Introduction: Why the Right GenAI App Matters Choosing the right generative AI solution can dramatically impact how your business operates—from…

Ashwin May 16, 2025 · 5 min
RAG & Retrieval

How Does RAG Work? Unlocking Real-Time AI Insights

In today’s fast-paced digital world, AI applications must deliver not just intelligent responses—but relevant, real-time insights. Traditional large language models…

Sachin Hejip May 16, 2025 · 5 min
Tutorials & How-To

5 Key Steps to Build Successful GenAI Apps for your Organisation

Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming the way organizations operate. From enhancing customer interactions to streamlining internal processes, GenAI is no…

Ashish Mahendru May 16, 2025 · 5 min
Agentic AI

Key Tools and Technologies for Efficient RAG Evaluation

Introduction: Why RAG Evaluation Matters As the use of large language models (LLMs) expands across industries, the need for reliable…

Kyle Mongiello May 2, 2025 · 5 min
Tutorials & How-To

How to Fine-Tune Embedding Models for RAG Systems

Why Fine-Tuning Embedding Models for RAG Matters Embeddings are the backbone of RAG systems. They convert text into vector space,…

Kyle Mongiello Apr 25, 2025 · 4 min
RAG & Retrieval

Deep Dive into Indexing Pipeline – Graph RAG

A Beginner’s Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Graphs – The Indexer Graph RAG consists of two parts: Indexer Retriever In…

Karthick Durai Apr 21, 2025 · 9 min
Agentic AI

What is Agentic RAG? How It Enhances AI Decision-Making

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, but with such advancements, it's becoming increasingly important to ensure AI systems make informed,…

Kyle Mongiello Apr 10, 2025 · 4 min
Tutorials & How-To

Building AI Apps Faster with a GenAI App Builder

The Need for Faster AI App Development AI-powered applications are transforming industries, but developing them from scratch is complex. Traditional…

Kyle Mongiello Apr 7, 2025 · 2 min
Agentic AI

Optimizing RAG Systems with an Effective Evaluation Framework

Understanding RAG Evaluation: Core Concepts What is an RAG Evaluation Framework? A RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) evaluation framework is a method…

Kyle Mongiello Mar 28, 2025 · 6 min
Agentic AI

Evaluating Domain Specific Embedding Models

These tasks include question answering, summarization, and machine translation. RAG models utilize pre-trained encoders to convert text into dense vector…

Ashwin Mar 28, 2025 · 5 min
Agentic AI

How to Analyze Probe Data to Improve Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Results

But just like any AI system, its effectiveness depends on how well the underlying data and processes are configured. When…

Kyle Mongiello Mar 18, 2025 · 4 min
Agentic AI

Evaluating RAG Pipelines on Dataworkz: A Case Study

Introduction We will guide you through a real-world scenario, elucidating the essential steps involved in constructing the experiment, quantifying performance,…

Ashwin Mar 3, 2025 · 5 min
Agentic AI

The Dataworkz RAG Experimentation Platform: Empowering RAG Development

Introduction This user-friendly platform empowers users to create and fine-tune RAG applications with ease. Key features and benefits of the…

Ashwin Mar 3, 2025 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

Understanding Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and its Evaluation

Introduction Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): A Deep Dive This synergy is particularly potent in applications such as question answering, where…

Ashwin Mar 3, 2025 · 4 min
Tutorials & How-To

Finetuning LLMs using Modal

FINETUNING LLMs Finetuning is a process in which, we select a pretrained base/instruct model of a LLM, and tune the…

Karthick Durai Feb 21, 2025 · 7 min
RAG & Retrieval

Fine Tuning a LLM to index Graph RAG

How to Build an entity Extractor for finance domain We discussed how to build a graph rag and explored deeply…

Karthick Durai Jan 1, 2025 · 20 min
RAG & Retrieval

How does an Entity Extractor work ? Indexing Graph RAG

A Beginner’s Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Graphs – The Extractor In this blog, we dive deeper into the inner…

Nikhil Smotra Jan 1, 2025 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

A Gentle Introduction to Graph RAG

A Beginner’s Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Graphs By integrating external knowledge into AI models, RAG allows for more accurate…

Nikhil Smotra Jan 1, 2025 · 5 min
Tutorials & How-To

RAG Pipeline: Unlock Insights from Google Drive Documents

Introduction However, retrieving precise and relevant information from this vast repository remains a challenge, especially when the need is to…

Ashish Mahendru Dec 25, 2024 · 7 min
Tutorials & How-To

Integrating Pinecone, OpenAI, and Private Data with RAG for Custom AI Applications

Creating Retrieval Augmented Generation applications with Pinecone, OpenAI, and Dataworkz While the concept of creating Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) products…

Kyle Mongiello Oct 30, 2024 · 4 min
RAG & Retrieval

RAG Pipelines & Function Calling

Introduction Typical examples of function calling in cookbooks include the ability to make calls to do web search, get weather,…

Sachin Hejip Aug 30, 2024 · 7 min
Agentic AI

Dataworkz RAG Builder: Evaluation Framework

Introduction Traditionally, information retrieval systems relied heavily on keyword matching and manual indexing to fetch relevant data. However, the introduction…

Tushar Ganguli Aug 12, 2024 · 11 min
RAG & Retrieval

Bridging the Gap: The Enterprise Quest for Building and Scaling Effective GenAI Applications

Introduction  Realizing the full potential of GenAI requires more than just access to powerful language models (LLMs). To truly differentiate,…

Dharma Kuthanur Jul 31, 2024 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

Advanced Search Capabilities in Dataworkz: Hybrid Search

Key to the success of RAG systems is the quality (relevance) of the information retrieved. Traditionally, search systems have relied…

Sachin Hejip Jul 30, 2024 · 4 min
Industry Use Cases

Building Customer Service Rag Applications

When AI-generated responses are used to answer queries, even a single misstep can lead to a loss of confidence in…

Kyle Mongiello May 13, 2024 · 2 min
Industry Use Cases

The Power of AI for DevOps

Let’s explore some compelling use cases that highlight the benefits of integrating Slack conversations with internal documentation in a DevOps…

Kyle Mongiello May 10, 2024 · 2 min
Industry Use Cases

Transforming DevOps with RAG

Introduction In this context, a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using Slack and internal DevOps documentation provides a robust solution for…

Kyle Mongiello May 9, 2024 · 3 min
Industry Use Cases

Tracking Opportunity Data with RAG

Tailoring RAG Systems for Salesforce Opportunity Tracking In this section, let’s explore a use case focused on a Salesforce opportunity…

Kyle Mongiello May 7, 2024 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

RAG Applications: Query Retriever

The goal is to extract enough related and relevant information so that the downstream LLM can provide a meaningful response…

Sachin Hejip Apr 13, 2024 · 7 min
RAG & Retrieval

RAG Applications: Query Rewriting

GenAI applications such as Question-and-Answering systems or Semantic Summarization based on RAG pipelines enable users to ask questions of private,…

Sachin Hejip Apr 13, 2024 · 4 min
RAG & Retrieval

RAG Applications: Input Guardrails

The flexibility of these free-form queries has the potential to unlock the ability to make enterprise data become more available…

Sachin Hejip Apr 13, 2024 · 4 min
Agentic AI

A/B Testing Strategies for Optimizing RAG Applications

These applications involve a series of steps within the pipeline, requiring meticulous attention to detail to ensure optimal performance. Dataworkz…

Sachin Hejip Apr 12, 2024 · 3 min
RAG & Retrieval

Versatility of RAG Applications

Crafting a RAG application involves constructing a RAG pipeline, which has evolved into various iterations tailored to specific use cases.…

Sachin Smotra Apr 12, 2024 · 1 min
Tutorials & How-To

Building a RAG Q&A System with Dataworkz: A Step-by-Step Guide

This document will guide you through the process of building a RAG application for PubMed data using Dataworkz and powered…

Kyle Mongiello Feb 27, 2024 · 4 min
Data Engineering

Streamlining Salesforce Data Integration: A Quick Guide with Dataworkz

In just two minutes, we'll guide you through the steps to effortlessly move data from a Google Cloud Storage (GCS)…

Kyle Mongiello Jan 1, 2024 · 3 min
Agentic AI

How to Evaluate Response of a RAG Empowered LLM

At the heart of this evolution is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) – a technology widely recognized by experts as a…

Karthick Durai Dec 21, 2023 · 19 min
Data Engineering

How Can Advanced Logical Plan Optimization Mitigate Data Skewness in Spark?

When working with massive datasets in Spark, processing billions of rows distributed across multiple cluster nodes, handling data skewness becomes…

Surender Godara Dec 18, 2023 · 6 min
Data Engineering

What is Data Skewness in Spark and How Does It Impact EL+T System Performance?

In this blog, we will explore the concept of data skewness in Spark and understand the significant impact it can…

Surender Godara Dec 18, 2023 · 2 min
Industry Use Cases

How can RAG Boost Customer Support in Modern Enterprises?

AI-powered tools, including chatbots and virtual assistants using Language Model (LLM) technology, are increasingly gaining popularity for creating personalized customer…

Nikhil Smotra Dec 6, 2023 · 6 min
Industry Use Cases

How will Retrieval Augmentation Generation (RAG) Shape the Future of Business Intelligence?

Conversational AI, powered by Large Language Models(LLMs), after all, shows great potential in making it possible. However, the problem is…

Ashish Mahendru Nov 24, 2023 · 4 min
RAG & Retrieval

Cost and Efficiency Benefits of RAG Deployments for Enterprises

Fortunately, the emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has opened up new horizons for businesses looking to…

Ashish Mahendru Nov 24, 2023 · 6 min
Data Engineering

Simplifying the Account Matching Problem

The ubiquity of SaaS applications makes capturing lots of data about customers very simple. Easy customer sign-ups and information available…

Ashish Mahendru Jun 20, 2023 · 3 min
Data Engineering

Accelerating RDBMS to JSON migration with no-code transforms

Whether their goals are business growth or fending off the competition, application modernization is the primary vehicle that will help…

Nikhil Smotra Jun 17, 2023 · 3 min
Data Engineering

What’s Next For ELT? (Part II)

ELT emerged as a response to the challenges posed by big data and data lakes, simplifying data access for consumers.…

Ashish Mahendru Jan 21, 2023 · 1 min
Data Engineering

Dataworkz Accelerates Customer 360 Adoption With Couchbase Capella

The post highlights the need for a consolidated Customer 360 repository accessible to different roles within the company. The existing…

Ashish Mahendru Jan 18, 2023 · 1 min
Data Engineering

Is ELT The Ultimate Replacement For ETL? (Part I)

However, the advent of big data and data lakes brought significant challenges to traditional ETL. The velocity, volume, and variety…

Ashish Mahendru Jan 10, 2023 · 2 min
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