# Fivetran's CPO: closed data stacks won't survive the agent era

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Podcast: [The New Stack Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-stack-podcast-1092634)
Published: 2026-05-13T19:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

At Google Cloud Next 2026, Fivetran Chief Product Officer Anjan Kundavaram argued that enterprise data systems are unprepared for the scale of AI-driven analytics. Unlike humans, AI agents can generate exponentially more queries, often routing them through the same expensive compute infrastructure. Kundavaram compared it to “using a Lamborghini to mow the lawn.” To address this, Fivetran introduced its “Open Data Infrastructure” vision and a benchmark designed to expose hidden AI workload costs in closed ecosystems.

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