Same business context, 2 MCP gateways, 27 models. When a model got the same task right on both, it used 93% fewer tokens through the gateway that served context on demand and ran the computation itself. The short version is in the video. Full benchmark (from @cdatasoftware): bit.ly/4sAivx4
Our marketing team ran a Halloween video contest: the horrors of governing AI agent data access, made entirely with AI.
The entries got weird fast. @Mariesahr cast Amit, @ravivlevi, @AdamDeMi & me as Ghostbusters hunting rogue AI agents.
No agents were harmed. Happy Halloween!
@willcmdavis challenged the Marketing Team at @cdatasoftware to come up with an AI-generated video talking about the horrors of working with agents, just in time for Halloween. I was thankful that I had just wrapped my yearly viewing of the Haunting of Hill House (on Netflix, must watch for spooky season).
I worked with @ElevenLabs and @AnthropicAI's Claude models to polish a script, generate video, and add music. This is the trailer. Yes, it's derivative. Yes, it's kind of slop. But I had fun.
Full film in the comments.
I spent last week at an event for @AgenticAIFdn's MCP. But I've been also recently been working on the MCP I first fell for (@atomicmassgames).
Glad to get the latest Sentinels releases and Onslaught built!
#MarvelCrisisProtocol
Every team at CData runs on the AI Gateway we’ve developed.
On November 5 at Foundations, Arielle Daigle @theRELworld and Jerod Johnson @jeRodimusPrime join others from CData to show what that looks like inside marketing, finance, and business development.
Registration is open: bit.ly/4k9w3gw
One more day at @AgenticAIFdn AGNTCon+MCPCon with @cdatasoftware where Doomguy is "processing" live data via Connect AI Gateway.
Want the shirt? Come by @suprgeek's session in Room 210A @ 2:55PM!
We (@cdatasoftware) gave AI agents business context (via Connect AI) covering CRM, warehouse, and ITSM data. Across 27 models, median tool calls per run fell from 40 to 8, and total spend fell from $350 to $93. The model mattered far less than the context it could read.
Full benchmark and method: bit.ly/4simjCX
What does Doom have to do with AI Gateways?! Come by the @cdatasoftware booth (P5) at @AgenticAIFdn AGNTCon + MCPCon or join me in the Demo Theater at 11:22 today to find out.
I attended the @AgenticAIFdn MCP Dev Summit in April (NYC) and learned so much about what people were building. Now I'm bound for San Jose to represent @cdatasoftware at AGNTCon + MCPCon (Booth P5 and in the Demo Theater Thursday, 11:22 AM).
If you're going to be there, I'd love to hear what you're building, how you're using AI, and share with you how CData Connect AI Gateway is helping customers find value (and save money!) with their AI initiatives.
Model leaderboards can't tell you how a model performs on your own data, so we built CData Labs to test it in the open. On Nov. 5 at Foundations 2026, @suprgeek and I cover where the lab came from and where it's headed: bit.ly/4jmxJmE
Foundations 2026 is focused on a single question: how does AI reach the systems that run the business while you keep control?
Agents, applications, and people all need access to company systems. You can keep control of what they reach, what they do, and what it costs.
CData’s CEO Amit Sharma and product leaders walk through what we’ve been building. @Anaqua CIO Erik Bailey walks through his rollout. The research team opens its test results so anyone can check them.
Join us Nov. 5 for this free, virtual event: bit.ly/4ihg1Qt