The Agentic Era is here. Is your governance ready?
AI agents are quickly moving from experimental to production across data teams — writing transformations, resolving pipeline errors, generating documentation, and automating routine operations. But as agents take on more responsibility, the governance question becomes urgent: who's accountable when an agent makes a change? How do you maintain compliance when pipelines are being built autonomously? And how do you get the speed benefits of agentic workflows without losing control?
In this 45-minute session, Ascend.io CEO Sean Knapp will walk through a practical playbook for governing agents operating in your data stack without sacrificing the speed and autonomy that make them valuable. You'll learn:
By the end of this session, you'll have a clear path for adopting AI agents across your data stack with the right controls in place from day one.
Existing data governance models were built for human-driven workflows. Discover where they fall short when autonomous agents are writing code, managing dependencies, and deploying changes — and what needs to change.
From guardrails and approval patterns to lineage tracking and audit trails — the core components every data team needs to govern AI-driven pipelines without slowing them down.
See how leading data teams are designing human-in-the-loop patterns that keep agents fast and autonomous while maintaining the oversight, compliance, and trust your organization requires.
Whether you're evaluating AI agents for your data stack or already deploying them, this session gives you a practical governance lens to lead with confidence.
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Sean founded Ascend.io to give data teams the tools to streamline and automate their work. Serving customers across industries and around the world, Sean empowers data teams to leverage AI at scale. Prior to founding Ascend, Sean was the co-founder and CTO of Ooyala and was a tech lead at Google, contributing to over $1B in revenue growth and launching iGoogle.
Join us March 4 for a forward-looking session that gives you the playbook — not just the theory — for governing AI across your data stack.
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Sean founded Ascend.io to give data teams the tools to streamline and automate their work. Serving customers across industries and around the world, Sean empowers data teams to leverage AI at scale. Prior to founding Ascend, Sean was the co-founder and CTO of Ooyala and was a tech lead at Google, contributing to over $1B in revenue growth and launching iGoogle.
Founder & CEO @ Ascend.io
As Chief of Staff, Jenny partners with data leaders and engineering teams to bring AI and automation into their day-to-day work. With years of experience in connecting with data teams, Jenny focuses on making advanced technologies accessible and practical for teams of all sizes.
Chief of Staff @ Ascend.io
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