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Martin Casado

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440 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Well, but seriously, it was not something we set out to do.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Fivetran does not have a corp dev function.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

I've felt with every single... I never really thought about that.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Yeah.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

I've always felt that any acquisition or merger, and the first big one was really HBR.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

HBR, yeah.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

I remember very well.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

It should feel like it's for these unique reasons.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

and it feels like it's the last one you're ever going to do.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

And it's not going to be the last one you ever do, but the reasons to do it should be really, really strong.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

You shouldn't go looking for this.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Nonetheless, we have found these strong reasons several times.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

I think the DBT one is a great...

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

fit.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

These are two products that have historically almost always been used together.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

And they kind of go together.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Fivetran is the tool that gets all your data in one place.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

DBT is the tool that you use to organize it and turn it into a model that reflects the particular details of your business.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

And then that is what feeds into all of the data consumers.

The a16z Show
AI Agents and the Fight for Customer Data

Yeah, yeah.