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You’ve spent years teaching people how your company works. Your AI needs that knowledge too. Introducing Connect AI Gateway. It routes, governs, and learns from AI requests, building a system of rec

Developer ToolsSeries A / GrowthOctober 10, 2026@ravivlevi
0:00 · The Hook · The AI Knowledge Gap & Connect AI Gateway Introduction
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Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript

  1. The Hook

    The AI Knowledge Gap & Connect AI Gateway Introduction

    “You’ve spent years teaching people how your company works. Your AI needs that knowledge too. Introducing Connect AI Gateway. It routes, governs, and learns from AI requests, building a system of record for your AI. Connect AI Gateway connects to all your apps, databases, and data platforms, giving your AI access to the knowledge it needs to be accurate, reliable, and cost-effective.”

    On screen
    Raviv Levi CPTO at CData, Cost, ROI, Amit Sharma CEO at CData, Connect AI, Palantir, Google, Salesforce, ANTHROP\C, OpenAI, Microsoft, servicenow, GSK
    Camera
    Alternates between medium close-up shots of two presenters and wide shots of an office environment. Camera is static during presenter shots, with subtle zooms and pans during animated graphics.
    Motion
    Dynamic text overlays, animated data visualizations (line graphs, mind maps), and logo reveals. Smooth transitions between live-action and motion graphics.
  2. Problem Agitation

    The Challenge of AI Integration and Governance

    “But it's not enough to just connect to your data. You need to ensure that your AI understands your schemas, your business rules, and your intent, and that it enforces your security and governance policies. Connect AI Gateway sits where intent meets action, ensuring that your AI is always acting within your guardrails.”

    On screen
    (No on-screen text)
    Camera
    Primarily medium close-up of the presenter, intercut with animated diagrams illustrating data flow and security enforcement. Camera remains stable.
    Motion
    Animated flowcharts demonstrating data routing and policy enforcement. Text highlights appear to emphasize key terms. Subtle background animations create depth.
  3. Product Reveal

    Connect AI Gateway: Intelligent Layer for AI Actions

    “It retrieves, joins, and aggregates data from all your sources, then uses that data to instruct the model, ensuring that your AI is always acting on the most accurate and up-to-date information. It then applies your business rules, checking model responses, and ensuring that your AI is always acting within your guardrails. This results in 98.5% agent accuracy and reliable actions at a lower cost. Connect AI Gateway is the intelligent layer between your teams, your models, and your enterprise systems.”

    On screen
    What was the Q4 re......accounts?, Your Identity, Reminder: [Q2 is fiscal — May through July], Slipping = [past original close date], Who owns th, deals?, No, renewals are tracked separately., Datacore re, What's "exposure"?, Heads up: [Datacore's close date got, [Pipeline = Salesforce, stage Proposal+], Great North, What was the Q4 revenue for EMEA enterprise accounts?, EMEA enterprise revenue for fiscal Q4 was $4.8M, up 12% on Q3. That excludes reseller accounts., Reply to Claude..., Sonnet 4.5, Show me monthly sales revenue by region., Salesforce, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Monthly revenue by region, ORDER MONTH, REGION, REVENUE (000), 2022-08, joined & aggregated at the source, 2026-08, China, 2,836,083.34, 2026-0, United Stat, 1,419,643.04, 2026-7, Ind, 839,905.07, 2026, Ja, 643,968.8, 202, M, 446,609, Total - top 5 regions, 6, Delete, Add Routing Rule, Status, Workspace Default, Active, 98.5% Agent Accuracy, Rule Type, Round Robin, Even distribution across providers, no failover, Model Routing, Model, Cost, Weight, gpt-4o, $0.0025 per 1k tokens, 34%, opus-4, $0.015 per 1k tokens, 33%, deepseek, 33%, Connect AI, Overview, Dashboard, Playground, Workspace, Default Workspace, MCP Gateway, Tool Servers, Data, Integrations, Sources, Explorer, Jobs, LLM Gateway, Beta, Routing, Context, Beta, Shared Context, Manage, Users, LLM Providers, Data Security, Logs, Support Status Privacy Terms of Service, © 2024 CData Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Camera
    Mix of presenter close-ups and detailed UI/UX screen recordings. Camera movement is minimal, focusing on clarity of product features.
    Motion
    Animated data retrieval and aggregation visualizations, UI walkthroughs with highlighted interactions (e.g., mouse clicks), and dynamic charts illustrating cost optimization and accuracy.
  4. Call to Action

    Empowering AI with Enterprise Knowledge

    “Connect AI Gateway gives your AI access to all your enterprise data and knowledge.”

    On screen
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    Camera
    Returns to a medium close-up of the second presenter, followed by a final brand logo reveal. Camera is static.
    Motion
    Simple, clean logo animation. The focus is on the presenter's concluding statement and brand reinforcement.

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