Manuel Hernández Giuliani

  Original Post in LinkedIn I have been saying for a while that AI is no longer just about models… it is about systems that act. Now regulators are catching up. The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has published guidance on agentic AI from a data protection perspective. And this is important. Because agentic AI is fundamentally different. These are not systems that just answer… they decide, interact, and execute autonomously to achieve goals. That changes everything. It changes how data is accessed, how decisions are made, and how responsibility is assigned. And one key message stands out: using AI does not remove accountability. Organizations remain fully responsible for data protection, transparency, and control. From an architecture perspective, this reinforces something we often underestimate. You cannot build agentic AI on top of weak data foundations. Governance, data minimization, traceability, and privacy-by-design are no longer compliance topics… they are cor...

     Original Post In LinkedIn      Today I had a conversation with my boss, Soumya, someone I genuinely consider a mentor, and it led to a reflection that stayed with me. I asked him: Do you know who Dennis Ritchie is… without googling it? Do you know who Steve Jobs is? Then I told him: “I am Dennis Ritchie… and you are Steve Jobs.” And I meant it. Because there is a quiet truth in how impact is perceived. Not everyone remembers the inventor of the wrench. But everyone remembers the brand that made it known, usable, and desirable. Some of us operate deep in the foundations; building systems, architectures, and platforms that power everything else. Work that is critical, but often invisible. Others have the ability to translate that complexity, connect it to real human value, and bring it into the world in a way that people understand, adopt, and remember. The world doesn’t always reward creation alone. It rewards connection, storytelling, and adoption. But...