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PODCAST · KNOWLEDGE GRAPH INSIGHTS EPISODE 55 “Speed without accuracy isn’t progress. It’s exposure.” Dougal Watt in conversation with Larry Swanson LISTEN NOW
Featured Series
4-Part Series · AI Agent Accuracy

Making AI Agents Work

Most AI agents stall between pilot and production, and a better model will not save them. This series covers the Five Agent Failure Patterns behind it, the knowledge graph and ontology that address each one, and the steps from an impressive pilot to an agent an organisation can trust.
Part 1 of 4
Why AI Agents Fail in Production
5 min read
Part 2 of 4
Why AI Agents Need a Knowledge Graph
5 min read
Part 3 of 4
How to Get AI Agents into Production
6 min read
Part 4 of 4
The Tools Behind Accurate AI Agents
7 min read
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3-Part Series · Enterprise Agent Governance

Semantic AI Harness Series

2025 was the year of agents. 2026 is the year of agent harnesses. This series explores why the agent harness is fundamentally an enterprise architecture concern — and what enterprise-grade agent governance should look like.
Part 1 of 3
Agent Harnesses Are an Enterprise Architecture Problem
8 min read
Part 2 of 3
Agent Harnesses and Compliance in Banking
8 min read
Part 3 of 3
Agents and Ontologies: Why Semantics Matter
8 min read
Latest
Podcast
Knowledge Graph Insights – Episode 55
Dougal Watt talks to Larry Swanson about AI safety and accuracy.
August 2, 2026
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Workshop
KGUG workshop with Yitae Jeong - AI-Assisted Ontology Engineering
Dougal Watt on configuring an ontology modelling toolchain, extending LLMs with ontology-specific prompts, skills and agents, and applying modelling guardrails.
July 22, 2026 · 8–10pm KST
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Speaking
KGC 2026 — Cornell Tech, New York
Dougal Watt presents on "AI-Assisted Ontology Engineering: Guardrails and Workflows for Using LLMs Safely".
May 5, 2026 · 1.30–3pm
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Speaking
Enterprise Data Transformation Symposium 2026
Dougal Watt on the graph middleware layer – bridging ontologies and enterprise systems.
Feb 10, 2026 · 1.30–2.30pm MST
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Video
Graph Research Labs Platform Overview
A 3-minute high-level walkthrough on GRL, the pain points it solves, its unfair advantage of declarative generation, and why and when you would use it.
2:38
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Video
Knowledge Graph Technology Showcase: Honest Review
Ashleigh Faith, PhD from isADataThing, reviews Graph Research Labs in her Knowledge Graph Technology Showcase Honest Review Series (Winter 2025 E3).
30:00
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Speaking
Data-Centric Architecture Forum 2025 — Fort Collins, USA
Dougal Watt on semantic AI and knowledge graph deployment at the Data-Centric Architecture Forum.
June 4, 2025 · 11am
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Article
LLM-Assisted Ontology Engineering: Part 1
Why LLMs Are Terrible Ontology Engineers
The 5 anti-patterns: hierarchy explosion, inconsistent taxonomy, property growth, concept-instance confusion, and modelling by association.
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Dougal Watt
5 min read
Article
LLM-Assisted Ontology Engineering: Part 2
From Chaos to Control: Guardrails for LLM Ontology Engineering
The 8-step methodology: configure toolchain, extend LLM capabilities, apply guardrails, generate structures, audit quality, and more.
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Dougal Watt
8 min read
Article
LLM-Assisted Ontology Engineering: Part 3
Ontology to Production in Minutes with GRL
GRL platform capabilities, healthcare clinical trial privacy use case, and solving the multi-vendor "integration tax".
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Dougal Watt
8 min read
Showcase
ClimateTracker: End-to-End Climate Disclosure Platform
GRL Generators created the transactional core of a React climate app that saved years of backend work for ClimateTracker.
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In the Press
KGI
Knowledge Graph Insights
Dougal Watt talks to Larry Swanson about AI safety and accuracy.
August 2, 2026
KGC
Knowledge Graph Conference
Speaker spotlight: Dougal Watt on LLM-assisted ontology engineering at KGC 2026 New York
May 5, 2026
EDTS
Enterprise Data Transformation Symposium
The Graph Middleware Layer: Bridging Ontologies and Enterprise Systems
Feb 10, 2026
DCAF
Data-Centric Architecture Forum
GRL presents on semantic AI platform at Data-Centric Architecture Forum 2025, Fort Collins, Colorado
June 4, 2025
CW
ClimateTracker Coverage
ClimateTracker running on GRL knowledge graph technology makes Next 95 list
November, 2024
IOD
Institute of Directors
ClimateTracker & Climate Disclosures - capitalising on financial markets
20 Jul 2024
TCB
This Climate Business
GRL-based ClimateTracker - the new era of climate disclosure
6 December, 2023
NZH
NZ Herald
ClimateTracker helps firms grapple with new climate reporting requirements
November 7, 2023
NBR
NZ Business Review
Graph Research Labs: Building the semantic layer for enterprise AI
December 12, 2022
Fundamentals

Introductory guides to knowledge graphs and ontology-driven platforms.

Guide
What is a Knowledge Graph?
How knowledge graphs capture relationships across your enterprise, and why they matter for AI, analytics, and integration.
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Guide
What is an Ontology?
The formal, machine-readable business definition that drives everything GRL generates, from APIs to governed AI agents.
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Guide
What is Declarative Generation?
How a single ontology produces complete enterprise systems: APIs, applications, MCP servers, without writing code.
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Guide
What is a Semantic AI Platform?
How ontology, knowledge graph, generation, and governed AI fit together into a single platform for enterprise data.
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