Drill to Detail

Mark Rittman is joined on this episode by Branchworks CEO Eleanor Thompson to talk about partner programs, partner portals and the role partnerships play in making data analytics initiatives a success. Branchworks homepage : Activating Partnerships for Revenue Growth CastorDoc case study Eleanor Thompson LinkedIn Profile

In this episode of the Drill to Detail Podcast Mark Rittman is joined by special guest Tom Gardiner, CEO @ Embeddable.com to talk about Embeddable's mission to create the leading developer toolkit for building fast, interactive customer-facing analytics directly into your product in partnership with Cube.dev and Rittman Analytics. Trevor.io Embeddable.com Why Embeddable? Embeddable and Cube - Easy Embedded Analytics for Everyone Embeddable & Rittman Analytics Facility Solutions Group case study

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Greg McKeon, Staff Product Manager at dbt Labs to talk about their recent acquisition of SDF Labs, the vision for dbt as the control plane for data collaboration at-scale and the upcoming drag-and-drop Visual Editor that’s soon to be part of dbt Cloud. dbt Cloud: The control plane for data collaboration at scale About the Visual Editor Coalesce 2024 and the Launch of dbt’s Visual Editing Experience dbt Labs Acquires SDF Labs to Introduce Robust SQL Comprehension into dbt and Supercharge Developer Efficiency Drill to Detail Ep.115 ‘Airbnb, DataOps and SQLMesh’s Data Engineering Innovation’ with Special Guest Toby Mao

In this episode, Sean Zinsmeister from Google joins Mark Rittman to discuss the latest developments for Looker including the integration of Looker Studio, new modeling capabilities and the exciting potential of generative AI for BI. We discuss how Looker is evolving to be a more open, composable platform that can power advanced analytics and data storytelling, with Sean sharing insights on Google's purpose-built Gemini models for natural language to SQL translation and how Looker customers can leverage these AI capabilities.  We also explore Looker's agentic API strategy, the long-term vision of using Looker Studio as the primary Looker front-end and the opening up of LookML to tools beyond just Looker.  Driving Looker customer innovations in the generative AI era Previewing Studio in Looker, the (Eventual) Future of Self-Service Reporting for Looker Looker now available from Google Cloud console Delivering the third wave of BI in the AI era with Looker Drill to Detail Ep.100 Special ‘Past, Present and Future of the Modern Data Stack’ with Special Guests Keenan Rice, Stewart Bryson and Jake Stein Drill to Detail Ep. 73 'Luck, Thinking Different and Designing Looker Data Platform' with Special Guest Colin Zima

Join Mark Rittman in this special end-of-year episode as he speaks with Noel Gomez, co-founder of DataCoves about the challenges and opportunities of orchestrating dbt and other tools within the open-source Modern Data Stack, navigating the evolving semantic layer landscape and the future of modular, vendor-agnostic data solutions. Datacoves Platform Overview Build vs Buy Analytics Platform: Hosting Open-Source Tools Scale the benefits of Core with dbt Cloud Dagster vs. Airflow

Mark is joined in this episode by Johan Baltzar, previously Product Analytics Manager at Spotify and now co-founder and CEO at Steep to talk about the role analytics played in Spotify’s growth story, the startup scene in Stockholm, Sweden and Steep’s metrics-first approach to user-centric business analytics. The Kry founders factory: Meet 15 employees-turned-founders Steep homepage New in Steep : Cube and dbt   Targets & BI - How hard can it be?

Mark is joined in this latest Drill to Detail episode by Tobias (Toby) Mao, CTO and co-Founder at Tobiko Data to talk about SQLGlot, the innovation culture at Airbnb and the data engineering challenges solved by SQLMesh. SQLGlot Introducing Minerva — Airbnb’s Metric Platform SQLMesh homepage Tobiko Cloud Running dbt in SQLMesh dbt Mesh Dlt (Data Load Tool)

Mark is joined in this episode by Christian Steinert to talk about his solo journey building Steinert Analytics, a data analytics consultancy transforming data into actionable revenue and cost-saving insights for Central Ohio's SaaS startups. Steinert Analytics homepage Christian Steinert LinkedIn Profile “Helping a Roofing Company Define Their Sales Process” “Transforming a Top 5 Fast Food Company's Operational Drive-Thru Reporting”

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Ethan Aaron, Founder & CEO of Portable, to talk about what you should do if you’re the first data hire at a company, when and when not to hire a consultant, the founding story of Portable.io and the long tail (and economic model) of the data integration connectors market. Ethan Aaron LinkedIn Profile Portable.io Homepage “The biggest misconceptions about data integrations..” (LinkedIn) “You join a 100 person company as the head of data. What should you do?” (LinkedIn) “The stuff no one will tell you about running a data team” (LinkedIn)

Mark Rittman is joined by returning guest David Jayatillake, VP of AI at Cube.dev, to talk about Delphi Labs’ journey from a standalone data analytics chatbot to now becoming the basis of Cube’s new AI features within its composable semantic model product. Drill to Detail Ep.102 'LLMs, Semantic Models and Bringing AI to the Modern Data Stack' with Special Guest David Jayatillake Drill to Detail Ep.107 'Cube, Headless BI and the AI Semantic Layer' with Special Guest Artyom Keydunov Introducing the AI API and Chart Prototyping in Cube Cloud A Practical Guide to Getting Started with Cube's AI API Cube Rollup London : Bringing Cube Users Together

Mark Rittman is joined in this final episode of the current series of Drill to Detail by returning guest Jordan Tigani, Co-Founder & CEO at Motherduck to talk about the journey from big data to small data and bringing hybrid cloud execution to DuckDB. Big Data is Dead Teach Your Duckdb To Fly Announcing Motherduck: Hybrid Execution Scales Duckdb From Your Laptop Into The Cloud Drill to Detail Ep.64 ‘Google BigQuery, BI Engine and the Future of Data Warehousing’ with Special Guest Jordan Tigani

Mark Rittman is joined in this special episode by previous Looker founder and inventor of the LookML language Lloyd Tabb together with Carlin Eng, Product Manager at Google Cloud to talk about Malloy, a new query language to replace SQL for analytics. Drill to Detail Ep.60 'A Deeper Look Into Looker' With Special Guest Lloyd Tabb Malloy : An experimental language for data A Sequel to SQL? An introduction to Malloy Why SQL syntax sucks, and why it matters Composing with Queries Dimensional Flexibility, one of the things that makes Malloy Special Data is Rectangular and other Limiting Misconceptions Malloy's Near Term Roadmap

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by returning guest and Elementl Founder Nick Shrock to talk about Dagster's role in the modern data stack ecosystem and software defined assets, a new, declarative approach to managing data and orchestrating its maintenance. Introducing Software-Defined Assets Rethinking Orchestration as Reconciliation: Software-Defined Assets in Dagster Optimizing Data Materialization Using Dagster’s Policies How I use Dagster to orchestrate the production of social science data assets

Mark Rittman is joined in this special episode of Drill to Detail by Benn Stancil, CTO and Founder at Mode to talk about their recent acquisition by ThoughtSpot, the economics of the modern data stack and how AI and LLMs could likely become our industry’s next discontinuity. We don’t need another SQL chatbot The new philosophers ThoughtSpot acquires Mode Analytics, a BI platform, for $200M in cash and stock ChatGPT-Powered Data Analysis using Cube, Delphi and the Code Interpreter Plugin

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Artyom Keydunov, Founder at Cube to talk about embedded analytics and Cube's origin story, headless BI, query acceleration and how Cube and Delphi enable an AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer. Empower uniquely insightful AI & LLM data experiences AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer Define metrics upstream to align your team How Rittman Analytics Delivers the Semantic Layer Today with Cube Rittman Analytics Cube Quickstart

Hightouch co-Founder and co-CEO Tejas Manohar returns as special guest to talk with Mark Rittman about the reverse ETL market today, the evolution of the composable customer data platform and new featured in Hightouch to enrich customer profiles and drive personalization across marketing campaigns. Reverse ETL is Dead (Ethan Aaron LinkedIn Post) Customer 360 Data Warehousing and Sync to Hubspot You don't need the Modern Data Stack to get sh*t done Hightouch Customer Studio Hightouch Personalization API Hightouch Match Booster What's in Store for Data Teams in 2023?

Mark is joined by Shinji Kim, Founder and CEO of Select Star to talk about their mission to re-invent data catalogs, data discovery and data lineage for the modern data stack Data Discovery vs. Data Observability: Understanding the Differences for Better DataOps Select Star and dbt Labs Partner for Better Data Discovery on dbt Select Star : Free Trial

Mark Rittman is joined by Jason Pohl, Senior Director of Data Management at Databricks along with special co-host and Head of Customer Experience at Coalesce, Stewart Bryson to talk about data lakehouses, Databricks and helping to raise tigers in a Thai Tiger Temple. Databricks - A History What is a Delta Lake? The Databricks Lakehouse Platform Databricks SQL Jason Pohl LinkedIn Profile Lions and Tigers and a Bear named Maam Maam Stewart Bryson Github profile Coalesce.io

Mark Rittman is joined by Twilio Segment Head of Product Kevin Niparko to talk about trends in the customer data platform market, Reverse ETL and Profiles Sync, the impact of LLMs (Large Language Models) on digital customer experience and Segment Unify, a consumer scale real-time identity resolution solution that provides complete, real-time, portable customer profiles. Segment Unify is here: complete, real-time, portable customer profiles Activate warehouse data in all of your destination tools Customer profiles made portable Drill to Detail Ep.94 'Rudderstack and the Warehouse-First Customer Data Platform' with Special Guest Eric Dodds Drill to Detail Ep. 86 'Reverse ETL, Hightouch and CDW as CDP' with Special Guest Tejas Manohar

Mark Rittman is joined by David Jayatillake, CEO and co-founder of Delphi Labs, to talk about the role of semantic models and the marketplace today, large language models and the phenomena that is ChatGPT, and how Delphi Labs are planning on bringing AI to Slack and the modern data stack. https://www.delphihq.com/#about https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jayatillake/details/experience/ For B2B Generative AI Apps, Is Less More? LinkedIn post on rationale behind Delphi Labs product development Delphi - Jaffle Shop Demo Semantic Superiority - Part 1 and Part 2 Semantic Search product feature LLM Implications on Analytics (and Analysts!) “Is This You?” Entity Matching in the Modern Data Stack with Large Language models and github repo ChatGPT, Large Language Models and the Future of dbt and Analytics Consulting RA Assistant