India, Aug. 3 -- As enterprise AI matures, organisations are discovering that choosing the right model is only part of the equation. The bigger challenge is building a data foundation that can support AI applications at scale while keeping development simple and portable across cloud and on-premises environments.

In a conversation with Dataquest, Ben Cefalo, Chief Product Officer, Core Products at MongoDB, explains why the data layer is becoming the real differentiator in enterprise AI, how MongoDB is simplifying modern application development, and why he believes the next wave of innovation will centre on applications rather than a new generation of "AI databases."

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