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AI Agents

AI Agent Fundamentals for Data Leaders

An agent is an LLM with tools, running in a loop. The AI agent fundamentals beyond the hype — LLM, tools, the agentic loop — explained in simple terms, and why context is the biggest lever data leaders control.

Liran Cohen

AI native data platform

The Fivetran-dbt Merger: Why Now and What Comes Next

The Fivetran-dbt merger marks a pivotal shift in data infrastructure. This post analyzes the reasons behind the merger, current industry trends, and argues it signals the end of the Modern Data Stack era and the rise of AI-driven platforms.

Liran Cohen

Central Source of Truth

DBT As An Industry Shaper: The Pros and Cons

Not many products get to shape an entire industry and become a tool used by millions of people. dbt successfully did this in the data industry, enabling data teams to do things they couldn’t do before.

Liran Cohen

Central Source of Truth

Why Self-Service Analytics Still Fails—And How AI is Changing the Game

Liran Cohen

Data Quality

Deep dive into data quality issues: causes and solutions

In this blog post we will dive into the main causes of data quality issues and offer optional solutions. We will also see which types of data quality issues can be solved by a universal semantic layer and how.

Liran Cohen

Central Source of Truth

BI tools vs SQL vs Semantic Layers

Choosing the right path to creating a central source of truth

Liran Cohen