E10: Josh Benamram and Data Observability

Josh Benamram is the the co-founder & CEO of Databand, a data observability company acquired by IBM. We’ll discuss Josh’s segue from an early career in venture capital, into becoming a product manager for a business intelligence company (Sisense) and then becoming a founder himself, where he eventually exited his company to IBM.Highlights:[2:00] - How Josh's start in finance led to his career in startups[6:25] - How working on cloud data warehouse connectors at Sisense, plus the growing need for data engineering led to the insight to start Databand[9:30] - Josh's thoughts on the difference between data quality & data observability and how vendors in this market have exploded[15:20] - The story to sell Databand to IBM - motivation and key issues in the decision, and  how the mechanics of the relationship transpired[19:45] - Josh's predictions on the data observability landscape for the future -- Mark your calendars for May 12-14, 2026 and join us for Data Council AI, the technical conference built by engineers for engineers. It's the only event where you'll be able to connect with 2,000+ practitioners for 3 full days of technical deep dives, battle-tested architectures and production insights in San Francisco, the heart of the AI world. Visit us at https://www.datacouncil.ai/ for the latest updates or subscribe to the newsletter as we release more details about the 2026 event!

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