In this episode of Coffee with Coalesce, Cube co-founders Artyom Keydunov and Pavel Tiunov discuss their journey with Cube, from starting out as a side project to a successful company that recently raised its Series B funding rou

nd. The discussion touches on Cube’s founding story, innovating the semantic layer with a universal approach, and their data management strategy. Listen to the full episode for more on:

Cube’s founding story: The company’s origins as an open-source project focused on embedding BI tools into Slack, eventually pivoting to creating a universal semantic layer.
Semantic layer innovation: The importance of a universal semantic layer for ensuring consistent metrics across different BI tools.
Cube’s latest product features, including next-gen data modeling, AI-powered capabilities, and more.
Predictions and top industry trends in 2025: AI will play a growing role in data engineering, especially with data modeling and optimizing data queries; consolidation within the Modern Data Stack, the evolution of AI-powered tools in analytics, and more.

Hosted by Coalesce co-founders Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi.

Resources:

About Cube: https://cube.dev/
About Coalesce: https://coalesce.io/
Article: Achieve Data Maturity with an Integrated Semantic Layer
News: Coalesce and Cube Partner to Bring a Universal Semantic Layer to Data Pipeline Development

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