Small businesses looking to use artificial intelligence often face a major obstacle: critical information sits across different databases, cloud platforms, and business applications. Oracle is expanding its Autonomous AI Lakehouse to help organizations connect that information, give AI systems a better understanding of business data, and make more informed decisions without constantly moving data between systems.

Announced October 26 at Oracle AI World in Las Vegas, the new and expanded capabilities for Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse include a Business Semantic Layer, expanded support for Apache Iceberg data, centralized security controls, and advanced business simulation tools.

The updates aim to make enterprise data more accessible to employees and AI agents while maintaining consistent definitions, security policies, and governance across different environments.

Key Takeaways

Oracle is introducing tools that help AI agents understand business terminology, financial metrics, and operational…