## Metadata - Author: [[Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: The Context Layer - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/the-context-layer - Read date:: [[2025-08-29]] ## Highlights > it’s the metrics layer, for fuzzy analytical concepts. And it has the same problem that that idea had: It’d be hard to sell on its own. Every BI tool wants to be the best place to ask questions; they want to make their “AI analyst” the best one; they want to differentiate themselves by having a proprietary agentic loop that can answer questions that nobody else can. And BI tools are unlikely to outsource that, just as they’ve been reluctant to outsource semantic layers to a third party that they can’t control, and that everyone else can use. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k3vdece974j9x672k7j04qf7))