We are entering a new era in enterprise data: the era of the Data Operator. As AI becomes core to every business process, every team is being asked to move faster, act smarter, and operate with real-time data. But the old stack isn't built for that. It's built for centralization. For gatekeeping. For data engineers and IT teams to own every flow, sync, and transformation. That model is breaking down. Why? Because the need for data has exploded at the edge of the business. Customer teams. RevOps.