Sourcery: Why Data Is Back at the Center of AI with CJ Desai

Data is becoming the hidden power layer behind AI, and CJ Desai explains why enterprises are rethinking cloud, sovereignty, and infrastructure. This condensed version turns the full Sourcery episode into a quick listen, spotlighting Molly O’Shea’s conversation with MongoDB leader CJ Desai on how MongoDB, Databricks, and Snowflake fit into the new data stack. You’ll learn why privacy, compliance, and capacity constraints are pushing some companies back on-prem, how agentic AI depends on flexible data architecture, and why autonomous, machine-managed databases are becoming essential. Desai also breaks down the open-source vs. proprietary model debate, the challenges of regulated industries like insurance, and what it takes to build systems that scale across clouds and workloads. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.