#288 Florian Douetteau: How Enterprises Can Scale and Adopt Agentic AI
Release Date: 09/21/2025
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info_outlineDiscover 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