How Oracle Database 26ai addresses the data paradox of enterprise AI

How Oracle Database 26ai addresses the data paradox of enterprise AI

By Steve McDowell
Publication Date: 2026-01-27 23:39:00

Every company IT manager faces the same AI paradox: their most valuable data remains locked in production databases, while the latest AI tools often run in separate systems, leading to security vulnerabilities, compliance risks and costly data movements.

The youngest oracle AI Database 26ai version available now available for Linuxaddresses this problem. The new offering integrates AI capabilities directly into the database platform that already runs core business processes.

Oracle AI Database 26ai solves the AI ​​paradox by bringing AI into the data instead of moving data into different AI systems. AI workflows can benefit from the same industry-proven security and highly scalable architecture that companies have come to rely on for their most critical business data.

In Oracle AI Database 26ai

Oracle AI Database 26ai integrates AI capabilities such as AI vector search, agent AI workflows, and agent creation tools into its core database engine. These skills are…