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Erik Bakstad Q2 2026 was the quarter the market stopped asking whether AI belongs in enterprise decision-making and started asking a harder question: can you actually trust it? That single question shaped nearly everything we built, announced, and heard fr…
Today, we’re relaunching Ardoq as the AI-first EA platform where AI automates thousands of hours of EA work, and every AI output is grounded in your living architecture graph.
For decades, the “Big Tech” playbook hasn’t changed: Lock the customer in, own their data, and dictate their roadmap.
Q1 2026 was more than just a strong start to the year for Ardoq, it was a breakout moment for our community.
Ardoq has come a long way in 10 years from its scrappy beginning with Magnulf and I’s initial vision of changing how people and enterprises work for the better. We’ve grown immensely in size and repute, from being named a leader in Gartner’s M…