Webinar

The BOAT Standard:
Beyond apps to mission control orchestration

The BOAT Standard:
Beyond apps to mission control orchestration

The BOAT Standard:
Beyond apps to mission control orchestration

Presented by Chris Obdam, CEO at Betty Blocks

26th March, 2026

Strategic session

Enterprise AI vision gap

26th March, 2026

Strategic session

Enterprise AI vision gap

On March 26th, 2026, we hosted a strategic session on the BOAT standard: Business Orchestration Automation Technology. The webinar addressed the growing "vision gap" in enterprise AI, where 71% of organizations are experimenting with AI agents, but only 11% have successfully moved them into production.


We demonstrated how enterprises can move beyond isolated islands of automation to create a centralized mission control. This approach decouples innovation from rigid legacy systems, allowing business logic to evolve at the speed of AI.


We explored the shift from simple task automation to autonomous, governed orchestration, addressing the "orchestration gap" where 85% of organizations lack the maturity for agentic AI. The session detailed Betty Block’s four-layer BOAT framework – AI Generation, Orchestration, Governance, and the Asset – which eliminates fragmented silos. We concluded with the importance of software sovereignty, demonstrating how the Asset layer removes vendor lock-in by allowing organizations to export business logic and front-ends as industry-standard React and WebAssembly.

The era of fragmented app building is over

Key takeaways

The BOAT standard provides the infrastructure to transform static systems of record into dynamic, agentic workflows.

Bridging the vision gap

BOAT moves organizations from "chatting with data" to "orchestrating outcomes" by weaving AI agents into end-to-end business processes rather than leaving them in isolation.

Prompt to meta vs. code

Instead of generating unmaintainable "black box" code, Betty Genius converts user intent into structured metadata (blueprints). This ensures consistency, security, and governed scaling.

Legacy decoupling

By using an orchestration "sidecar," enterprises can bypass slow ERP customization cycles and turn business intent into production-ready solutions in days, not months.

Using the MCP advantage

Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Betty Blocks securely connects AI clients to live enterprise data while ensuring strict role-based access control (RBAC) and maintaining full data governance.

The era of fragmented app building is over

Key takeways

Key takeaways

The BOAT standard provides the infrastructure to transform static systems of record into dynamic, agentic workflows.

Bridging the vision gap

BOAT moves organizations from "chatting with data" to "orchestrating outcomes" by weaving AI agents into end-to-end business processes rather than leaving them in isolation.

Prompt to meta vs. code

Instead of generating unmaintainable "black box" code, Betty Genius converts user intent into structured metadata (blueprints). This ensures consistency, security, and governed scaling.

Legacy decoupling

By using an orchestration "sidecar," enterprises can bypass slow ERP customization cycles and turn business intent into production-ready solutions in days, not months.

Using the MCP advantage

Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), Betty Blocks securely connects AI clients to live enterprise data while ensuring strict role-based access control (RBAC) and maintaining full data governance.

Do you need to build an OData or REST layer before wrapping ERP systems?

How does the platform validate multi-system logic before we commit?

What exactly is "structured metadata" and how does it compare to code?

Will IT roles change as business experts start generating their own apps?

Do you go from prompt to prototype, or to a finished app?

Can we integrate Betty Blocks with our current CI/CD pipelines?

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions from the webinar

Do you need to build an OData or REST layer before wrapping ERP systems?

How does the platform validate multi-system logic before we commit?

What exactly is "structured metadata" and how does it compare to code?

Will IT roles change as business experts start generating their own apps?

Do you go from prompt to prototype, or to a finished app?

Can we integrate Betty Blocks with our current CI/CD pipelines?

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions from the webinar

Do you need to build an OData or REST layer before wrapping ERP systems?

How does the platform validate multi-system logic before we commit?

What exactly is "structured metadata" and how does it compare to code?

Will IT roles change as business experts start generating their own apps?

Do you go from prompt to prototype, or to a finished app?

Can we integrate Betty Blocks with our current CI/CD pipelines?

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions from the webinar

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AI Agents your ERP can't.

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All Systems: Operational

Build the portals and AI Agents

your ERP can't.

© 2026 Betty Blocks. All right reserved.

All Systems: Operational