Layer-first narrative — 5-minute presenter script¶
Audience: prospect, executive sponsor, technical buyer · Duration: ~5 min · Difficulty: star
This presenter script is the recovery of the Sprint 79 layer-first narrative. The goal is to talk about what AKKO does, not which open-source projects it bundles. The vendor names stay hidden and surface only on the Architecture page if the prospect asks. AKKO is its own reference; no competitor names are used.
Setup before you speak¶
- Open
https://demo.akko-ai.comsigned in asalice. - Open three browser tabs:
- Cockpit Home
- ADEN canvas
- BI dashboard
AKKO Banking — Fraud last 7 days - Keep this page (or its FR variant) open on your second screen as a teleprompter.
The 11 layers in plain language¶
| Layer | What it does for the prospect |
|---|---|
| Storage | Holds raw and curated data on object storage you own end-to-end |
| Catalog | Lists every table, owner, glossary term, lineage edge |
| Compute | Runs distributed heavy jobs, batch and streaming |
| Query | Federates SQL across internal sources and external clusters |
| Orchestration | Schedules pipelines, triggers ingestion, manages retries |
| Lab | A notebook IDE for analysts, engineers and data scientists |
| BI | Dashboards, charts, alerts, sharing |
| AI | A gateway to local language models with role-based access |
| Identity | Single sign-on, roles, groups, LDAP federation |
| Governance | Column masks, row filters, OCSF audit, data product approvals |
| Observability | Metrics, logs, traces, alerts on every layer |
The 5-minute script¶
Minute 1 — The promise¶
"AKKO is a sovereign analytics platform. Every byte sits on storage you own. Every query runs on compute you own. Every model runs on hardware you own. There is no outbound call to anybody else."
Switch to Cockpit Home. Point at the 20/20 services healthy banner.
"Eleven layers, all wired together, all operable from one cockpit."
Minute 2 — A question in plain English¶
Switch to the ADEN tab.
"An analyst signs in with the same SSO as their HR badge. She asks a question in English or French."
Type into ADEN:
"The platform reads the catalog, generates the SQL, runs it on the query layer, and shows the result. No ticket, no copy of data."
Click Ask. Wait 0.8 s. Show the result table.
Minute 3 — From answer to dashboard¶
Click Promote to dashboard. Switch to the BI tab.
"One click later, the answer becomes a shared dashboard. Eight charts, ready to publish."
Pause on the dashboard. Show the KPIs.
Minute 4 — Governance and audit¶
Switch back to Cockpit. Click Governance → Audit trail.
"Every read, every write, every model call is captured as a single audit event. The compliance team can answer 'who saw what, when' in seconds."
Click Governance → NORA reviews.
"When the platform suggests a description or a glossary term, a human steward approves it. The catalog stays alive."
Minute 5 — The closing point¶
Return to Cockpit Home.
"Eleven layers. One cockpit. One audit trail. One sovereign deployment on the infrastructure you already own. We do not lock you in: every layer can be swapped, and we publish the contracts that make that possible."
What this proves to the prospect¶
- The platform is layered, not a black box.
- Every layer has an owner role and a clear contract.
- The user-facing surface speaks functions and capabilities, not vendor names.
- The platform is sovereign: nothing leaves the customer's cluster by default.
Optional follow-up questions¶
| Prospect asks | Open in cockpit |
|---|---|
| "Which language model are you using?" | AI → Model picker |
| "How do you protect personal data?" | Governance → Roles and NORA |
| "Can I federate my existing data?" | Administration → Catalog Manager Pro |
| "What about my external partner data?" | Climscore federation demo |
| "Can I run notebooks?" | DevHub → Lab |
| "Show me lineage." | Governance → Lineage graph on any table |