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Enterprise decision support systems powered by governed AI

CognitiveBricks helps enterprises design and deploy decision support systems that combine semantic data, scenario modeling, and agent-assisted analysis—so leaders act on trusted evidence, not fragmented dashboards.

From data to decisions—with guardrails, brick by brick.

Scenario modelingSemantic layerWhat-if analysisAgent assist

Decision support stack

Sources & signals

ERP · CRM · ops · external

Semantic layer

ontology · metrics · lineage

Analytics engine

SQL · graphs · simulations

Decision workspace

scenarios · approvals · audit

Agent orchestration

RAG · tools · HITL · eval

1

Shared semantic layer for analytics, scenarios, and agents

3–5

Typical priority decision domains in first release

6–10 wks

Typical path from blueprint to pilot workspace

Why decision support initiatives stall

Teams have dashboards and copilots—but not a unified system for comparing options, explaining trade-offs, and recording who decided what with defensible evidence.

  • Metrics differ by team because there is no shared semantic layer for planning, finance, and operations

  • What-if and scenario models live in spreadsheets disconnected from live enterprise data

  • Executives get narrative summaries without traceable links to source facts and assumptions

  • Compliance teams cannot audit AI-assisted recommendations when prompts and data lineage are opaque

  • Decision workflows stop at insight—approvals, escalations, and outcomes are not captured in one system

Reasoning maturity

From descriptive to inferential to causal reasoning

Most enterprises stop at dashboards and predictions. We help you climb the reasoning ladder—using governed data, classical AI, and LLMs together so each stage strengthens the next.

Stage 1

Descriptive

What happened?

What were regional sales and margin last quarter?

Establish a trusted record of past performance—aggregated metrics, trends, and KPI snapshots everyone agrees on.

Data

Curated marts, semantic metrics, and governed BI views with lineage

AI

Automated aggregation, seasonality detection, and anomaly flags on time series

LLM

Natural-language summaries and Q&A over dashboards—with citations to source metrics

Stage 2

Inferential

What is likely—and why?

Which factors correlate with churn, and who is at risk next quarter?

Move from counts to patterns: statistical inference, probabilistic forecasts, and model-backed estimates grounded in historical evidence.

Data

Feature stores, labeled datasets, and reproducible statistical samples

AI

Predictive models, clustering, uplift baselines, and Bayesian inference pipelines

LLM

Explain model outputs and correlations in plain language—with links to features and cohorts

Stage 3

Causal

What if we act?

If we change pricing in Region A, what happens to margin—and why?

Answer intervention questions with causal graphs, experiments, and counterfactual reasoning—not correlation dressed up as strategy.

Data

Experiment logs, causal DAGs, treatment/control cohorts, and simulation inputs

AI

Causal inference, do-calculus engines, uplift modeling, and scenario simulation

LLM

Interpret causal pathways, compare interventions, and draft decision memos with stated assumptions

CognitiveBricks builds the semantic layer, knowledge graph, and agent stack so you can progress through all three stages on one platform—without rebuilding your data estate at every maturity step.

Data modalities

Structured, semi-structured, unstructured & multimodal—unified for decisions

High-stakes decisions rarely live in one format. We fuse every data type into a governed decision fabric so leaders see numbers, events, documents, and media in one evidence-backed view.

Structured

The system of record

ERP · data warehouse · CRM · ledgers · SQL marts

Tabular, schema-bound data with defined keys and metrics—the foundation for KPIs, scenarios, and causal variables everyone can audit.

Decision role

Anchor descriptive baselines, run what-if simulations, and encode treatment effects with precise, joinable facts.

How we use it

Semantic layer and metric catalog over governed tables; SQL and graph queries feed dashboards, models, and agent tools with lineage intact.

Semi-structured

Operational context

JSON events · logs · API payloads · IoT streams · HL7/FHIR

Flexible formats with partial schema—capturing timing, exceptions, and system behavior that pure tables often miss.

Decision role

Explain why a metric moved, surface leading indicators, and tie real-time signals to entities before they appear in monthly reports.

How we use it

Parsing and enrichment pipelines normalize events into graph edges; correlation and stream analytics link signals to customers, assets, and orders.

Unstructured

Narrative & policy context

Contracts · policies · email · PDFs · Confluence · meeting notes

Prose and documents that carry constraints, precedent, stakeholder intent, and qualitative rationale behind the numbers.

Decision role

Ground recommendations in policy, cite contract terms, and capture why a prior decision was made—not just what the dashboard shows.

How we use it

Chunked retrieval with citations, entity extraction into the knowledge graph, and LLM summaries that link every claim to a source document.

Multimodal

Evidence from the physical world

Images · video · audio · scans · diagrams · sensor imagery

Visual, audio, and sensor data that adds field reality—inspection results, customer calls, site photos, and equipment readings.

Decision role

Validate assumptions with ground truth, enrich risk assessments, and give executives context that spreadsheets alone cannot convey.

How we use it

Vision and audio embeddings fused with structured records via shared entity IDs; multimodal RAG lets agents cite a photo, clip, or reading alongside a metric.

The decision workspace links all four modalities to the same entities in your knowledge graph—so one approval packet can cite warehouse numbers, the triggering event log, the contract clause, and the site image in a single auditable thread.

Platform options

Build on AWS, Azure, Oracle, GCP, IBM—or PostgreSQL on private cloud

The same reasoning maturity, data-modality fusion, and governance patterns apply everywhere—including a sovereign stack anchored on PostgreSQL when public cloud is not an option.

AWSAzureOracleGCPIBMPrivate cloudPostgreSQL
Amazon Web Services

AWS

Lakehouse to Bedrock agents

S3 · Glue · Lake Formation · Redshift · Athena · Bedrock · SageMaker

Stand up a governed data foundation on S3 and the AWS analytics stack, then layer semantic models, ML, and agent orchestration with native AWS AI services.

  • Curated lakehouse zones with Glue, Data Catalog, and Lake Formation for structured and semi-structured sources
  • Semantic metrics and feature stores over Redshift or Athena for descriptive and inferential decision models
  • Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Agents, and Guardrails for grounded copilots with IAM and KMS controls
  • SageMaker pipelines for predictive and causal models wired into the decision workspace with full lineage
Cloud platform services
Microsoft Azure

Azure

Fabric IQ & OneLake decisions

OneLake · Warehouse · Semantic models · Fabric IQ · Graph · Plan · Fabric agents

Unify data, business meaning, planning, and agents on Microsoft Fabric—ontology, graph, and scenario planning on the same OneLake estate leaders already trust.

  • OneLake lakehouse and warehouse as the system of record for structured decision metrics
  • Fabric IQ ontology and graph for entity-linked evidence across structured and unstructured sources
  • Enterprise planning and scenario templates on trusted semantic models—not disconnected spreadsheets
  • Governed Fabric and Foundry agents for NL queries, decision memos, and approval workflows with audit trails
Fabric IQ playbook
Oracle

Oracle

Autonomous DW to OCI Gen AI

Autonomous DW · Select AI · Vector search · Object Storage · OCI Gen AI · Vault

Deploy decision support on Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse with autonomous operations, Select AI, vector search, and OCI Gen AI for production-grade agent assist.

  • Autonomous Data Warehouse as the governed core for KPIs, cohorts, and causal simulation inputs
  • Select AI and vector indexes over warehouse and document stores for multimodal retrieval with citations
  • Medallion curation and data catalog integration so agents and analysts share one trusted data plane
  • OCI Gen AI agents with tool-calling, human-in-the-loop gates, and Vault-managed secrets for regulated decisions
OCI ADW accelerator
Google Cloud

GCP

BigQuery to Vertex agents

BigQuery · Cloud Storage · Dataplex · Vertex AI · Gemini · Cloud Run

Build governed decision intelligence on Google Cloud—BigQuery as the semantic core, Dataplex for lineage, and Vertex AI for retrieval, models, and agent orchestration.

  • Medallion lakehouse on Cloud Storage and BigQuery with Dataplex catalog and policy tags for governed access
  • Semantic models and feature views in BigQuery for KPIs, cohorts, and inferential decision pipelines
  • Vertex AI Search, RAG, and Agents with grounding in trusted datasets and enterprise security controls
  • Vertex pipelines and Model Registry for predictive and causal models integrated into the decision workspace
Cloud platform services
IBM

IBM

watsonx.data to watsonx.ai decisions

watsonx.data · watsonx.ai · Cloud Pak · Db2 · OpenShift · AI Governance

Deploy on IBM Cloud or Cloud Pak for Data—watsonx.data for governed lakehouse analytics, watsonx.ai for grounded copilots, and enterprise AI governance for regulated industries.

  • watsonx.data lakehouse and semantic layers for structured metrics and entity resolution across the estate
  • Knowledge-base and retrieval pipelines over documents, policies, and operational data with lineage
  • watsonx.ai agents and prompts with policy enforcement, HITL gates, and audit trails for decision workflows
  • OpenShift-native deployment for hybrid and regulated environments requiring IBM-aligned controls
Cloud platform services
PostgreSQL

Private cloud · PostgreSQL

Sovereign Postgres decision stack

PostgreSQL · pgvector · PostGIS · dbt · Private LLM · Kubernetes · Air-gapped RAG

Run the full decision-support system on private infrastructure with PostgreSQL as the governed core—semantic schemas, pgvector retrieval, scenario SQL, and self-hosted LLMs without public-cloud dependency.

  • PostgreSQL as system of record for KPIs, cohorts, and causal variables—with row-level security, audit logging, and schema-level governance
  • pgvector and full-text search over documents and multimodal metadata stored alongside structured decision tables
  • dbt or SQL semantic layers and materialized views for descriptive, inferential, and simulation-ready decision marts
  • Private LLM and agent runtime on Kubernetes with tool-calling grounded in Postgres—sovereign and air-gapped when required
Discuss private Postgres deployment

CognitiveBricks delivers the same decision-support patterns—descriptive to causal reasoning, multimodal fusion, and audit-ready governance—on AWS, Azure, Oracle, GCP, IBM, or a private PostgreSQL estate. We help you choose the anchor platform, then implement brick by brick.

Engagement roadmap

A phased accelerator from semantic baseline to production decision workspaces—aligned to your highest-value decision domains.

01

Assess & prioritize

Weeks 1–2

  • · Decision domain map
  • · Data & metric inventory
  • · Governance baseline
02

Semantic layer

Weeks 2–5

  • · Ontology & metrics
  • · Governed views
  • · Lineage & access
03

Decision workspace

Weeks 4–8

  • · Scenario templates
  • · Comparison UX
  • · Approval flows
04

Agent assist & scale

Parallel rollout

  • · Grounded copilots
  • · Eval harness
  • · Audit evidence

Ready to build with CognitiveBricks?

Book a strategy session with our architects to map your agentic AI roadmap, platform foundation, and first production use case.