# Oracle rethinks the lakehouse as AI agents become data consumers

- Source: SiliconANGLE · AI
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:39:13.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/fu6cu4ull7nt9boy66ig5o7o0
- Original: https://siliconangle.com/2026/11/04/semantic-layer-turns-lakehouses-ai-decision-backbones-oracleaiworld/

## Summary

Oracle SVP Nipun Agarwal says its Autonomous AI Lakehouse pairs a shared semantic layer with real-time data access for AI agents. The catalog can mount other catalogs, including Databricks' Unity Catalog, plus Postgres and MySQL databases, so data is queried in place rather than copied. Agarwal says agents need on-demand access that scheduled refreshes of copied data cannot provide.