Self-Service Analytics Failed. Can Agentic AI Finally Succeed?

For over a decade, the data industry chased the dream of self-service analytics. The promise was simple: Give everyone access to data, and insights would flow. In practice, few organizations succeeded. The hurdles were higher than anticipated, and even when you cleared them, the finish line kept moving.

The Three-Part Problem

The challenge breaks down into three interconnected problems.

First, there’s access control. Providing governed, secure access to data across an entire organization is hard. Different teams need different permissions….