Pillars¶
Four long-read field guides on the categories that determine 2026 enterprise AI architecture. Each one is dated, cited, and reviewed by a named editor before publication.
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Agentic AI, minus the agent-washing
The five tells that separate real agentic AI from a rebadged chatbot, the runtimes that matter (Strands, Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK), and the workloads where agents earn their keep.
Pillar N°01 · 18 min · Updated April 2026
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Model Context Protocol (MCP)
The protocol Anthropic published in November 2024, the four roles that emerged in production, the auth timeline procurement teams care about, and the gateway pattern every serious deployment lands on.
Pillar N°02 · 15 min · Updated April 2026
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AI Governance
Where ISO 42001, the NIST AI RMF, and EU AI Act timelines actually intersect. The clauses that show up in 2026 RFPs and the operating model auditors expect to see.
Pillar N°03 · 17 min · Updated April 2026
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Enterprise RAG
Hybrid retrieval, agentic RAG, and the eval discipline that separates production-grade pipelines from demoware. With the workloads where RAG earns its seat and where it's pure tax.
Pillar N°04 · 18 min · Updated April 2026
The pillars are mirrored from Explore Agentic — read the canonical versions at www.exploreagentic.ai/agentic-ai/, /mcp/, /ai-governance/, and /enterprise-rag/.