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Building a context warehouse

What we learn at modus shipping context infrastructure for ai agents, mining, retrieval, evaluation, and the failures that shaped the architecture.

Latest Data September 1, 2026 5 min read

Why a Semantic Layer is Not Enough for AI

A semantic layer tells the AI what your metrics mean. It says nothing about the test accounts, the migration, or the Slack thread that explains the number.

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Data August 19, 2026 7 min read

Extending Data-Centric AI to Context

Two employees ask the same question and get two different correct answers. That's not a bug. It's a defining property of organizational context.

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Data August 17, 2026 6 min read

The Silent Killer of AI Accuracy: Stale Context

When a metric drops, a human investigates. An AI with stale context confidently tells you the business is down - and misses the actual story.

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Engineering July 28, 2026 14 min read

How to Build a Context Layer and a Company Brain

What it actually takes to turn a company's scattered knowledge into something an LLM can reliably use - and why the demo is 5% of the work.

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