How AI lets you talk to your company’s data and get answers instantly

Elastic
365 views March 5, 2026

In this conversation recorded at Elastic’s New York office, three product leaders discuss how AI agents are transforming enterprise software. The discussion features Steve Kearns (general manager, Search solutions at Elastic), Mike Nichols (general manager, Security solutions at Elastic), and Baha Azarmi (general manager, Observability at Elastic). They explain how Elastic Agent Builder allows teams to interact with their data using natural language instead of complex queries. 00:00 Introduction from Elastic’s New York office 00:22 How AI is changing the search business 00:40 Launch of Elastic Agent Builder 01:00 Security teams dealing with too many alerts and data 01:25 Using chat to interact with data 01:55 How AI agents explore and analyze data 02:35 Combining AI models with company data 03:00 Elastic hackathon using AI agents 03:35 Handling messy and unstructured data 04:00 Automating investigation and remediation in security 04:40 Observability example using telecom data 05:10 Creative business insights from observability data 05:45 Automating workflows with AI 06:25 Will chat become the main software interface? 06:50 Security talent shortage and AI assistance 07:20 Chat as a layer that simplifies complex systems 07:45 AI agents assisting observability investigations 08:20 Generating dashboards and insights with AI 08:50 Why good data infrastructure matters for AI 09:05 The future of chat interfaces and AI workflows Additional Resources: Start the 14-day trial for free! No credit card required: https://cloud.elastic.co/registration Subscribe to Elastic’s Community YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OfficialElasticCommunity Connect with us on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elastic-co X: https://twitter.com/elastic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elastic.co About Elastic Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Elastic’s solutions for search, observability, and security are built on the Elastic Search AI Platform — the development platform used by thousands of companies, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500. #ElasticSearch #ElasticObservability #ElasticSecurity

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