What is automated, where AI helps, who signs off
Automation for the routine. A person on every decision that matters.
The reliable spine
The reliable spine is the connectors and the mapping: read-only pulls from each system on a schedule, every field traced back to where it came from, with clear handling when a source is down or a record will not match. Plumbing, tested, not a model.
Where AI helps
AI helps only with the messy joins between systems that name the same client, campaign or cost differently, proposing the match so the layer reconciles. A person confirms the mapping rules; AI never overwrites a source figure.
Who signs off
A named person signs off anything touching money, stock, a customer promise, a regulated filing, a payment, a price, a credit decision or a people decision.