# McKinsey Uses Knowledge Graph for Enterprise AI

> McKinsey's knowledge graph connects enterprise data to power AI decisions.
- Title: McKinsey Uses Knowledge Graph for Enterprise AI · SiliconANGLE
- Summary: McKinsey's knowledge graph connects enterprise data to power AI decisions. McKinsey uses a knowledge graph to link enterprise data with business…
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- Source: SiliconANGLE — https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/09/mckinsey-connects-enterprise-data-using-knowledge-graph-ai-neo4jdatatoknowledge
- Author: Mark Albertson
- Published: 2026-10-09T18:12:10+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: mckinsey, knowledge graph, ai, enterprise data, semantic data layer, ecliptos, mckinsey & company, technology, enterprise
## Knowledge Graph Basics
Knowledge graphs connect data with business relationships needed for AI decisions.

> If you’re using LinkedIn, if you’re using Wikipedia, if you’re using any social media, that’s a graph
## Social Media as Graphs
Social media platforms use graphs before enterprises did, according to McKinsey partner James Kaplan.

> Many of the social media companies have arrived at this and the power of this technology before the enterprise did
## Relational Databases Limit
Relational databases are good for transactional data but less effective for ambiguous or complex data.

> It’s much more intuitive than a relational database. We’re all used to massive relational databases
## AI Turns Unstructured Data
AI can convert unstructured information into structured business rules for knowledge graphs.

> Now, for the first time, we have the ability to interrogate complicated processes and create deterministic business rules programmatically
## Business Priorities Guide
Customer experience improvements may take precedence over productivity gains in ai applications.

> What if i pointed these ai improvements at customer experience rather than productivity
## McKinsey's EcliptOS System
McKinsey uses EcliptOS to connect c-suite strategy with everyday execution through agentic workflows.

> What we in effect created was a graph of databases
## Knowledge Graph Power
Flexible data schemas allow knowledge graphs to connect multiple databases for ai applications.

> One of the nice things about graphs is they have more flexible data schemas
## Key takeaway

McKinsey uses a knowledge graph to link enterprise data with business relationships for AI applications.