AI Magazine June 2026 Issue 43 | Page 26

THE AI INTERVIEW

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“ The Agent Gateway provides a standardised and secure way for agents to interact with enterprise platforms,” Kaynaz explains.“ It lets us connect agents to real enterprise tools and knowledge while keeping enterprise controls in place.”
Governance as an accelerator For Kaynaz, the question of how to balance innovation with trust and safety has a clear answer: governance should function as an accelerator, rather than a brake.
Risk assessment is built across the full data-to-AI lifecycle, with auditability aligned to incoming regulation, including the EU AI Act. Observability tools track what agents and models do, how they access knowledge and what they cost – before any use case is scaled.
As 2026 progresses, three priorities dominate Kaynaz’ s agenda, beginning with embedding AI into the business itself, ensuring functions own it and workflows integrate it.
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