Data trapped in tools
Operational context lives across SaaS tools, databases and files, with no governed way to use it.
CAPABILITY 01 / FOUNDATION
Build the substrate.
We design the cloud and data foundation for AI: ingestion, transformation, governed data products, identity, observability, model access and the operating controls that keep it dependable.
COMMON GAPS
Where platforms fall short.
Pipelines without owners
Integrations exist, but nobody is accountable for freshness, quality or cost.
Access without policy
Models and people reach data through ad-hoc credentials instead of identity and policy.
Platforms nobody can run
Architectures get designed and delivered, then degrade without an operating team.
CAPABILITY MAP
The platform, mapped.
Seven areas, engineered and operated as one system.
01
Cloud foundations and environments
Accounts, networks, environments and infrastructure as code - the ground everything else stands on.
02
Data ingestion and integration
Reliable movement of data from operational systems, files and APIs into the platform.
03
Transformation and data products
Modeled, tested and owned data assets with defined interfaces and quality expectations.
04
Governance, identity and policy
Who and what can reach which data, under which policy, with a complete audit trail.
05
Observability and data quality
Freshness, volume, lineage and quality signals that make platform behavior visible.
06
Model and agent access patterns
Governed interfaces that let models and agents use data without bypassing policy.
07
Cost and reliability operations
The controls that keep the platform affordable, available and improving.
REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE
One system, five layers.
Every layer makes the next one more useful, observable and safe to operate.
01SourcesERP / CRM / FILES / APIs
02Governed dataQUALITY / IDENTITY / POLICY
03Platform runtimeOBSERVE / SCALE / SECURE
04Agentic systemsREASON / USE TOOLS / ACT
05Business workflowsMEASURED / OWNED / LIVE
REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE / ILLUSTRATIVE
DELIVERY MODEL
Production increments, not big-bang programs.
Minimum durable platform
We scope the smallest platform that can carry your first production workloads without rework.
Working increments
Each increment ships with ingestion, quality checks and access patterns in place - usable from day one.
Operations designed in
Observability, identity and cost controls are part of the build, not a later phase.
OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Built to be operated.
Every platform we deliver comes with a defined operating model: who watches it, who changes it, what it costs and how it improves. Basalto can hold that responsibility while your team matures.
How Basalto operates platforms↗ARCHITECTURE SESSION
Start beneath the model.
Map the data, platform and operating foundation behind your next AI system.
Map your AI foundation