Dun & Bradstreet Rebuilds Database for AI Agents

Dun & Bradstreet, with a 180-year-old business database, has undertaken a significant rebuild to accommodate AI agents. Their existing Commercial Graph, designed for human analysts, proved inadequate for the speed and dynamic querying required by AI. The company consolidated fragmented systems onto cloud infrastructure, redesigned its data schema, and implemented a data fabric for normalization. This created a unified knowledge graph updated by AI, with a new access layer for agents. They also developed a 'Know Your Agent' system for authentication and an entity verification agent to ensure multi-agent workflows maintain consistency.