A practical guide to decision models: models that answer typed questions in a single pass instead of generating text, and how enterprises place them between AI agents and the actions they take.

In this white paper, you'll discover:

• The gap between agents and actions: An autonomous agent is a loop.
• What a decision model actually is: A decision model keeps the language understanding of a large model and discards the generation.
• The 2026 decision model wave: Decision models stopped being a niche idea in September 2026.
• Why the decision layer should not be an LLM: The temptation to use a large language model as the decision layer comes from a reasonable place.
• Placing the decision layer in your architecture: The most useful way to think about a decision layer is as a thin, synchronous tier between intent and effect.

Download the full white paper below for the complete analysis, architecture detail, and implementation guidance.