EP 03: Is Semantic Layer=Context Layer?

Connect all your business systems and pull context across your data estate into one living graph.
Give humans the context they need to understand your business.
AI teammates that document tacit knowledge and make your data AI-ready.
Bootstrap, test, and ship the business understanding every AI needs.
The world's first context store engineered natively for AI.
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Connect with us at conferences, bring your questions to expert-led AMAs, or learn about context through educational deep-dives.

VirtualSee how Atlan's context layer works end-to-end — from mining your existing data stack to deploying governed context to any agent platform.
VirtualThe teams winning with AI aren't the ones with the best models. They're the ones building context that compounds. Watch the enterprise context layer architecture built live.
VirtualBoth the semantic layer and the context layer exist to help AI agents understand your business. But is knowing the meaning sufficient for agents to take action? David Mariani, CTO of AtScale, joins Austin to give his honest take.

Andrew Reiskind
Chief Data Officer

Joe DosSantos
VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Prukalpa Sankar
Founder and Co-CEO

Sanjeev Mohan
Principal, SanjMo

David Mariani
Founder

Mauro Flores
Executive Director (Data democratisation)

Kiran Panja
Managing Director, Cloud Platform and Engineering

Sridher Arumugham
Chief Data Officer

Austin Kronz
Field CDAO

Lu Yang
Head of Product

Roy Hasson
Sr. Director of Product

Steven Touw
Co-founder & CTO

Leonardo Gomez
Principal Analytics Specialist Solutions Architect

Josh Klahr
Product Management

Akshay Pallerla
Strategic Sales Engineer

Andrew Reiskind
Chief Data Officer

Joe DosSantos
VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Prukalpa Sankar
Founder and Co-CEO

Sanjeev Mohan
Principal, SanjMo

David Mariani
Founder

Mauro Flores
Executive Director (Data democratisation)

Kiran Panja
Managing Director, Cloud Platform and Engineering

Sridher Arumugham
Chief Data Officer

Austin Kronz
Field CDAO

Lu Yang
Head of Product

Roy Hasson
Sr. Director of Product

Steven Touw
Co-founder & CTO

Leonardo Gomez
Principal Analytics Specialist Solutions Architect

Josh Klahr
Product Management

Akshay Pallerla
Strategic Sales Engineer
VirtualAtlan creates the data context. Immuta enforces the right access at the source. Watch the complete governed access flow live — from discovery in Atlan to dynamic provisioning by Immuta, extended to AI agents.
In PersonJoin us at this year’s Databricks Data+AI Summit, where Atlan is a Visionary Sponsor!
VirtualMost teams have data. What they're missing is the layer that makes AI trustworthy. See Atlan's context layer in action — enriching raw data assets, engineering a semantic model, running evals, and watching an AI analyst answer business questions correctly.
In PersonJoin us at this year's Snowflake Summit. Visit booth #1612 for live demos, attend customer-led sessions, and join our flagship evening events to see how modern data teams operationalize trust, collaboration, and governance at scale.
VirtualEvery vendor, analyst, and framework has landed on "context" at the same time. But why now and what does it actually mean? Sanjeev Mohan gives his unfiltered take on what's real, what's hype, and what the industry is getting wrong.
VirtualSee how Databricks Genie, grounded in Atlan's context layer, powers AI agents that reason from certified data, enforce governance, and explain every output.
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