Huwise unveils Huwy AI agent for corporate data search

Huwise has launched an artificial intelligence agent called Huwy that it says will change how employees search for and explore data inside corporate data marketplaces.

The new agent sits within Huwise's existing data product marketplace software, which organisations use as a central shopfront for internal and external data products. It adds a conversational interface that lets staff query data in natural language and receive contextual answers inside the marketplace workflow.

Huwise said the launch targets a long-standing problem for data leaders. Many companies have invested in data management and governance but still struggle to increase everyday data use across non-technical teams. The Huwise marketplace is currently in use at more than 350 clients in 25 countries. The company said over 3,000 platforms based on its software are already deployed worldwide.

The marketplace aggregates data products and other data assets in a single interface. Huwise said this supports human users as well as AI models and agents that consume data. It positions the platform as a central point for secure access and controlled distribution of ready-to-use data.

Huwy is designed as an overlay on this environment. The agent appears on the marketplace homepage, within the catalogue, and on individual product pages. Users can type questions in natural language, receive immediate answers, and then drill down into underlying datasets through the same interface.

Huwise said this approach removes the need for specialist technical skills or formal training for many basic data questions. The company said it expects this to encourage wider adoption of data by non-expert staff.

Jean-Marc Lazard, Chairman and co-founder of Huwise, said many clients face a gap between data management and data use by business teams.

"While organizations have invested heavily in managing data, enabling its consumption across the business has been the missing part of the puzzle. This is what our intuitive, self-service data product marketplace provides, driving usage, performance and value. We have already invested heavily in AI for search, and by launching Huwy, we now enable everyone to discover and use the data they need, building trust and data consumption while ensuring security and governance," said Lazard.

The user experience mirrors mainstream conversational AI tools such as ChatGPT. Huwy maintains a history of interactions, follows the user journey through the marketplace, and provides prompts and suggestions based on context. Huwise said this creates a more fluid and conversational style of data exploration and cuts time spent on manual searching.

Answers draw on data products and structured datasets that sit in or connect to the marketplace. Huwy can work with data that remains in external platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks through virtualised access. Huwise said this avoids duplication of data while still giving the agent access to underlying content rather than only metadata.

The company contrasted this with tools that restrict AI-driven search to catalogue metadata. It said direct interaction with structured data allows Huwy to return more concrete responses to user questions.

Huwy runs on top of Huwise's own infrastructure and connects to the company's Model Context Protocol server. The integration lets the agent execute API requests against the Huwise platform and other connected systems. The company said this provides more relevant and reliable answers than a standalone chatbot that lacks system-level access.

Clients can choose the AI model that underpins Huwy's conversational engine. The agent can work with different large language models, including systems from OpenAI and Mistral AI. Huwise said this multi-model design offers flexibility for organisations that have specific preferences or regulatory constraints around AI providers.

Exploration focus

Huwise said it is the only vendor that currently combines an AI agent with a marketplace interface that is purpose-built for data discovery. The interface is customisable to a company's visual branding and navigation structure.

The marketplace guides users from homepage to catalogue to dataset page. Huwy sits in each of these stages and provides contextual, personalised suggestions as users move through the environment. Huwise said this structure supports employees who may not know what data exists or where to look first.

The product also includes monitoring for how Huwy is used. The platform tracks metrics such as API calls, user actions and their place in the data consumption funnel. Administrators can review this information and adjust marketplace design or content based on observed behaviour.

Huwise said this feedback loop gives data teams more insight into what users search for, which assets they use, and where engagement drops away.

Roadmap and agents

The company framed Huwy as one element in a broader AI roadmap around data consumption and automation.

David Thoumas, CTO and co-founder of Huwise, said the roadmap includes more tailored agents for specific roles and business needs.

"Huwy is the next step in our accelerating AI roadmap. In upcoming releases, we plan to develop even more specialized exploration agents tailored to specific business use cases, while enhancing the management and administration capabilities of our data product marketplaces. This will benefit both data consumers and organizational data teams. With agentic workflows, these agents could, for example, detect low-usage of a particular data asset and suggest improvements to its presentation to encourage adoption, inspired by top-performing assets across the marketplace," said Thoumas.

Huwy is now available for existing Huwise clients. The company said organisations can add the agent into current marketplace deployments as part of their ongoing data and AI initiatives.