#288 Florian Douetteau: How Enterprises Can Scale and Adopt Agentic AI

Discover how enterprises can successfully adopt and scale agentic AI to create real business impact in this conversation with Florian Douetteau, CEO and co-founder of Dataiku.

Florian shares why democratizing AI across the enterprise is essential, how to prevent agent sprawl, and what it takes to build a governance framework that keeps your data secure while enabling innovation. Learn about Dataiku’s enterprise AI blueprint, its partnership with NVIDIA, and how global companies are using agentic workflows to accelerate R&D, optimize operations, and stay competitive.

If you’re a business leader, CTO, or data professional looking to scale AI safely and effectively, this episode is your playbook for the future of enterprise AI.

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00:00 Intro
00:31 Florian’s Background & Dataiku’s Founding  
03:00 Enterprise Blueprint for AI with NVIDIA  
05:13 Unique Needs of Financial Services  
07:09 Building Agents on Dataiku  
09:22 Permissioning & Governance  
11:17 Agent Lifecycle Management  
13:20 State of Agent-to-Agent Systems  
15:02 Real-World Use Cases of Agents  
16:28 The Most Complex Agents in Production  
19:01 Future Vision: Headless Organizations  
21:04 Human-Like Qualities of Agents  
24:56 The LLM Mesh & Model Abstraction  
28:55 Guardrails & Compliance  
31:12 No-Code + Code-Friendly Collaboration  
36:12 Breaking Silos & Centers of Excellence  
41:36 Distribution & Seat Allocation  
43:34 Most Common Agents by Industry  
47:02 The State of Enterprise AI Adoption