The bitter lesson of context metadata
· 7 min read

Stop adding business logic to your datasets.

Stop adding business logic to your datasets.

How the explosion of data and AI is breaking the old financial terminal monopoly and creating space for open, modular, AI-native interfaces that serve users, not vendors.

How the misalignment between data providers and interface builders creates friction for users - the hidden conflict between selling data and serving users in financial software.

Mapping the evolution of AI agents in finance from ChatGPT wrappers to derived data insights - and why the real value is shifting from interfaces to intelligence.