Strands Agents: A Model-Driven Approach to AI Agents with Clare Liguori (Senior Principal Engineer at AWS)
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of What’s New in Data, we’re joined by Clare Liguori – Senior Principal Engine...
From Compliance to Catalyst: How Parexel’s CIO Builds for Impact
Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Jonathan Shough, CIO of Parexel, joins us to talk about leading data modernization in one of the wor...
Joe Reis on Staying Grounded in a Fast-Moving Data World
Fri, 13 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joe Reis joins us to reflect on life after Fundamentals of Data Engineering, what makes data content...
AI Meets Data Infrastructure: Cost, Performance, and What’s Coming Next — with Barzan Mozafari
Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Barzan Mozafari, CEO of Keebo and former computer science professor, joins us to explore how AI is c...
How Jacopo Tagliabue is Cutting Data Pipeline Latency with Fast Functions
Tue, 20 May 2025 10:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What if your data pipeline could run 10x faster without the overhead? Jacopo Tagliabue, CTO of Baupl...
Sol Rashidi on Why Most AI Strategies Fail—and What Great Data Leaders Get Right
Fri, 09 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sol Rashidi has built AI, data, and digital strategies inside some of the world’s biggest companie...
From Data Pipelines to Agentic Applications: Deploying LLM Apps That Actually Work
Thu, 01 May 2025 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Spencer Cook, Lead Solutions Architect at Databricks, joins to unpack how enterprises are moving bey...
Vector Search in the Aisles: How Morrisons Made Product Discovery Smarter
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Peter Laflin, Chief Data Officer at Morrisons, shares how his team turned customer confusion into a ...
Architecting the Future: Alok Pareek on Databases, Logs, and Real-Time AI
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alok Pareek, Co-founder and EVP of Products at Striim, joins What’s New in Data to dive into the g...
Building for Scale: AWS’s Marc Brooker on Distributed SQL
Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode of What’s New in Data, AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer Marc Brooker joins us to ...
Scaling Databases in the AI Era: Insights from Andy Pavlo (Carnegie Mellon University)
Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Join us for a deep dive into the world of databases with CMU professor Andy Pavlo. We discuss everyt...
From the Marines to Data Engineering with Alexander Noonan (Dagster Labs)
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Discover how Alex Noonan transitioned from the flight deck of a Marine aircraft to the world of da...
Leveraging Data and AI in your Go-to-Market Strategy with Everett Berry from Clay
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Everett Berry joins the show again to share fresh perspectives on applying data in your sales and go...
From Apache Kafka to PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL maturity and extensions, and building on PostgreSQL with Gwen Shapira (CPO at Nile)
Fri, 25 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What does it take to go from leading Kafka development at Confluent to becoming a key figure in the ...
Shifting Data Quality Left, New O'Reilly Book, and Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson and Mark Freeman from Gable
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Join us as we catch up with Chad Sanderson and Mark Freeman from Gable, live from Big Data London. ...
Joe Reis at Big Data LDN
Fri, 04 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Join us as we sit down with Joe Reis, live at Big Data LDN (London) 2024. Joe shares his partnership...
Is Text-to-SQL Ready for Prime Time? Insights from Ethan Ding, CEO of TextQL
Fri, 27 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Can AI really make your data analysis as easy as talking to a friend? Join us for an enlightening co...
Small Data, Big Impact: Insights from MotherDuck's Jacob Matson
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What makes MotherDuck and DuckDB a game-changer for data analytics? Join us as we sit down with Jaco...
Sovereign AI, Redpanda vs Apache Kafka, The Future of Data Streaming with Alex Gallego (CEO of Redpanda)
Fri, 02 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Redpanda CEO Alex Gallego joins us to talk about Sovereign AI that never leaves your private environ...
Secrets Management Simplified: Insights from Doppler's Brian Vallelunga
Fri, 12 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Imagine losing your most important digital keys and leaving your entire kingdom vulnerable to attack...
Live from Snowflake Summit: Transforming Data Management Insights with Sanjeev Mohan
Fri, 28 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What's New in Data's Live Recording from the Salesforce Tower during Snowflake Summit Ima...
Navigating Data Governance Challenges in the Age of AI with Nicola Askham
Fri, 21 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Can high-quality data be the key to unlocking the full potential of generative AI? Join us for an en...
Turning Data into Actionable Insights with Bubble's Head of Data Elena Dyachkova
Fri, 14 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ever wondered how to turn data into actionable insights? Join us as we sit down with Elena Dyachkova...
How UPS battles porch pirates with AI (Pinaki Mitra from UPS, Bruno Aziza from CapitalG, Alok Pareek from Striim)
Thu, 30 May 2024 08:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unlock the secrets of AI's transformative power with latest episode live from Google Next, wher...
The Evolution of Data Science into Business Influence with Expert Lindsay Pettingill
Fri, 10 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Discover the unique pathways that can lead to a thriving career in data science as Lindsay Pettingil...
The Secret to Becoming a Great Data Engineer with Zach Wilson (DataExpert.io, Facebook, Netflix)
Fri, 03 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Zach Wilson, an industry virtuoso with experience as a data engineering leader at Facebook, Netflix,...
Navigating the Future of Data Quality with Telmai's Pioneer Mona Rakibe
Fri, 05 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unlock the secrets to maintaining impeccable data quality as we chat with Mona Rakibe, the trailblaz...
Reimagining Business Intelligence Through AI: A Conversation with Zenlytic's CEO Ryan Janssen
Fri, 29 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unlock the potential of AI in the world of data analytics with Zenlytic's CEO, Ryan Janssen, as...
A Cost Optimized Data Ecosystem with AI and FinOps Expert Kunal Agarwal
Fri, 22 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Embark on a journey with Kunal Agarwal, CEO of Unraveled Data, as he unravels the complexities of ma...
Crafting the Blueprint for Decentralized Data Systems with Hubert Dulay
Fri, 15 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unlock the secrets to transforming your data engineering strategies with Hubert Dulay, the mastermin...
Blending Philosophical Insights with Cutting-Edge Data Techniques with Sawyer Nyquist
Fri, 08 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Embark on a transformative journey with Sawyer Nyquist of the Data Shop, as he reveals how his liber...
Harnessing the Power of MLOps for Business Transformation with Andy McMahon
Fri, 01 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Discover the transformative power of Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) as we sit down with Andy Mc...
Crafting Intuitive AI Experiences for Everyday Life with Abi Aryan
Fri, 23 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Embark on a captivating voyage into the intricacies of AI with Abi Aryan, the financial wizard turne...
Unraveling the World of AI-Native Application Development with Mehmet Ozan Kabak Ph.D (CEO at Synnada, fmr ML at Instagram)
Fri, 16 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Mehmet Ozan Kabak, Ph.D. joins us to introduce the idea of AI-native application development. Ozan a...
Transforming Data Productivity with Automated Workflows and AI with Chris White
Fri, 09 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Embark on an intellectual odyssey with Chris White, CTO at Prefect, as he recounts his metamorphosis...
Cultivating Developer Communities and Revolutionizing Data Analysis with Viktor Gamov
Fri, 02 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Unlock the secrets of engaging developer communities and the transformative world of real-time data ...
The Vanguard of AI and Data Strategies for Competitive Edge with Ryan Wexler
Fri, 26 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Prepare to unlock the secrets of successful data infrastructure investment with the guidance of Ryan...
Customer Royalty, the Revolution of Unified Profiles, and AI-driven Engagement with Alex Levin
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Get ready to revolutionize your approach to customer engagement with the insights from Alex Levin, t...
Philosophical Reflections on Data, The dbt Conference, Streaming Workloads, DuckDB with Santona Tuli, Ph.D.
Fri, 15 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ever wondered why the philosophical and cultural considerations of data work are essential? You&apos...
Edge Computing in Fast Food, Transformative AI Use Cases, and the Future of Data Privacy with Brian Chambers & KC Rakam
Fri, 01 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ever wonder how a chicken shop got your order just right? Today, we're discussing the transform...
Causal Artificial Intelligence, potential AI pitfalls, getting executive buy-in
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 23:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
John K Thompson is co-author of "Causal Artificial Intelligence: The Next Step in Effective Bus...
Microsoft Fabric vs Databricks. Should Databricks be worried? Fabric vs Databricks pricing differences.
Wed, 08 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Ever ask yourself how to choose between Microsoft Fabric and Databricks for your enterprise data wor...
AI Principles with Patrick Miller, Head of Data & AI at Newfront
Mon, 23 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We dive into AI principles with Patrick Miller, the head of data and AI at Newfront. Patrick, a seas...
Mobile-first business intelligence, taking action on data, what happens when LLMs are wrong
Tue, 03 Oct 2023 23:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Zack Hendlin is the CEO and founder of Zing Data – a mobile-first business intelligence platform. ...
Data teams adopting Generative AI, Google Cloud Next Announcements, AI-generated social influencers
Sat, 16 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What's New in Data – a popular podcast and thought leadership series hosted by John Kutay –...
[EMERGENCY POD] Navigating dbt Cloud's pricing changes
Mon, 21 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The data industry was rocked by dbt Labs' announcement of changes to their pricing model. Strii...
Data Orchestration, Dagster, and parallels to React.js with Pete Hunt – CEO of Elementl
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Pete Hunt is the CEO of Elementl. Elementl is the company behind Dagster – a popular Data Orchestr...
Data Science and AI with Sean Taylor (Chief Scientist at Motif Analytics, previously Data Science @ Facebook, Lyft)
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sean Taylor is an industry veteran and expert in Data Science, AI, and ML. Sean is Chief Scientist a...
Data Quality with Mark Freeman from On The Mark Data
Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Mark Freeman is a vocal advocate of Data Quality, Data Contracts and aligning the data community aro...
Data Mesh with Zhamak Dehghani (CEO of Nextdata, creator of Data Mesh)
Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Zhamak Dehghani is the CEO / Founder of Nextdata and also well known as the creator of Data Mesh. Da...
The Current State of the Modern Data Stack with Aron Clymer
Thu, 08 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode John Kutay hosts Aron Clymer to discuss the current state of the Modern Data Stack. ...
Data the hard way with Pedram Navid
Thu, 25 May 2023 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Pedram Navid – Founder of West Marin Data – is a data engineering savant who has captured the at...
Data Mesh, Data Products, and re-inventing yourself with Bruno Aziza (Head of Data at Google Cloud)
Thu, 11 May 2023 10:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Bruno Aziza – Head of Data and Analytics at Google Cloud – has a unique expert perspective on th...
Exploring the Semantic Layer and Governance with David Jayatillake, Co-Founder & CEO at Delphi Labs
Thu, 20 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
This episode features David Jayatillake, Co-Founder & CEO at Delphi Labs, as we explore the Sema...
Column-aware data transformations, economic impact on data, and Data Mesh with Armon Petrossian (CEO of Coalesce)
Wed, 12 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode we chat with Armon Petrossian – CEO of Coalesce – about a broad range of topics ...
Edge Computing with Brian Chambers from Chick-fil-A
Wed, 29 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode, we're excited to welcome Brian Chambers, Director of Enterprise Architecture a...
Hot Topics in Data with Ethan Aaron from Portable.io
Mon, 20 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We are kicking off Season 3 of What's New in Data with none other than Ethan Aaron: CEO of Port...
Extensibility in the world of SaaS with Talia Moyal
Thu, 22 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Talia Moyal, the Head of Product Marketing at...
Empowering Operations with Real-Time
Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On today's episode, we sit down with Shruti Bhat, Chief Product Officer & SVP of Marketing ...
Building A Single View of Your Customer with Julie Beynon
Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We host Julie Beynon, Head of Analytics at Clearbit – Julie is well known for her work in building...
Data Catalogs: The Gateway to Data Discovery and a Knowledge-First World
Mon, 14 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode, Juan Sequeda, Principal Scientist, and Tim Gasper, Chief Customer Officer and Produ...
Building Loosely Coupled Systems in Data with Joe Reis and Matthew Housley of Ternary Data
Mon, 31 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Joe Reis and Matthew Housley of Ternary Data join us to talk about building loosely coupled systems,...
The Modern Data Team with Abhi Sivasailam
Mon, 24 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A discussion with Abhi Sivasailam – a Growth & Analytics leader (Flexport, Hustle, Keap, Honey...
Data Discovery and Why Its Important to Data Teams
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We have the pleasure of hosting Shinji Kim: Founder and CEO of Select Star. One of Select Star’s...
Balancing Compute Requirements of Operational Applications + Analytical Queries
Thu, 13 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode, we host Jacob Matson – Data enthusiast, excel guru, and VP of Finance + Opera...
Snowflake vs Databricks and the Rise of New Players in Data Warehousing
Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode, we host Benjamin Rogojan, also known as The Seattle Data Guy! Benjamin is an esta...
SaaS Observability and Data with Sarah Krasnik
Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The launch of Season 2! Recorded on Linkedin Live; we hosted Sarah Krasnik: analytics consultant and...
Is “The Modern Data Stack” Dead?
Wed, 20 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode recorded live from New York City, we hosted Ethan Aaron: CEO of Portable and thought...
The Modern Data Divide with Arpit Choudhury
Wed, 29 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We host Arpit Choudhury – well known for his work in building data communities such as Astorik.c...
Snowflake Summit & Data In a Recession with Matt Turck
Fri, 17 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Matt Turck from FirstMark Capital joins us on a live episode of ‘What’s New In Data’ from Snow...
Enterprise Data Streaming Patterns
Wed, 20 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Alok Pareek, Founder and Executive Vice President of Product at Striim, along with Sanjeev Mohan, Pr...
Building the foundations for a Data Mesh
Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this week's episode, John Kutay sits down with Eric Broda, a 30-year veteran in the financ...
The Future of Analytics with Bruno Aziza (Head of Analytics at Google Cloud)
Wed, 23 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We sit down with Bruno Aziza – Head of Analytics at Google Cloud – To discuss the latest trends ...
Building a Multi-Cloud Data Fabric for Analytics
Wed, 08 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The Striim team sits down with James Serra from Ernst & Young to discuss the benefits of a Moder...