The Data Stack Show
243: The Data Economy: Turning Information into a Tradable Commodity with Viktor Kessler of Vakamo
May 16, 2025
Viktor Kessler, Co-founder of Vakamo and innovator behind Lake Keeper, shares insights from his journey in data. He discusses the evolution of data architectures and the transformative lakehouse concept, highlighting the importance of decentralization and open-source innovation. Viktor delves into the monetization of data and governance challenges in decentralized systems, emphasizing security concerns and the impacts on data consumers. He also touches on optimizing data tables for improved performance, envisioning data as a tradable commodity in the modern economy.
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Quick takeaways
- Viktor Kessler highlights the transformative Lakehouse architecture as a hybrid solution combining traditional data warehouse capabilities with flexible data lake storage.
- The podcast discusses the decentralization of data management, emphasizing the importance of governance and catalog management in teams treating data as a product.
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