Deterministic Networks: Rebuilding the AI Backbone

Graphiant Founder and President Khalid Raza explains why the AI era demands a new approach to connectivity, one built on deterministic infrastructure, observability, sovereignty, and automation rather than overlays. As AI traffic shifts east-west and agents operate everywhere, can existing IP VPN infrastructure evolve into the programmable AI fabric enterprises need?

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In this Executives at the Edge episode, host Pascal Menezes explores these topics and more with Khalid Raza of Graphiant:

• How are AI traffic patterns reshaping assumptions around internet and SD-WAN architectures?
• Could existing IP VPN infrastructure evolve into a programmable AI fabric?
• Why are deterministic networking and observability becoming critical in agentic AI environments?
• Why are sovereignty, security, and reduced attack surfaces becoming foundational infrastructure requirements?
• What must telecom providers do to remain central in the AI connectivity era?

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• Discover how Mplify’s Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs and automation frameworks help providers coordinate and program connectivity across multi-provider ecosystems.
• Read “The $15.7 Trillion Bottleneck: Why AI’s Future Depends on Rewiring the Internet” to understand how AI-era infrastructure demands more deterministic, programmable, and observable connectivity models in this blog from Pascal Menezes.
• Learn how Mplify is advancing programmable, interoperable Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) frameworks designed to support distributed AI infrastructure and the AI-powered digital economy.

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