Guest Jesse Clark discusses his transition from physics to AI, debunking AI myths, the importance of data quality in AI, Marqo's AI search platform, challenges of vector search, and the future of AI in search systems.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

AI expert Barry McCardle discusses challenges in building AI features, benchmarking AI models, and AI integration in products. Topics include AI development struggles, determinstic template selection, and open source database success. The podcast also covers market dynamics, enterprise adoption, and the fun side of product launch videos.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

David Wynn of Edge Delta discusses his career journey, challenges with time series data, BigQuery's importance, AI in observability, and how AI is like a guy at a bar. The episode covers learning different cloud platforms, coherence in GCP, support for Iceberg format in BigQuery, and AI's role in mental models.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Jeff's Background and Transition to Independent Consulting (0:03)Working at Keurig and Business Model Changes (2:16)Tech Stack Evolution and SAP HANA Implementation (7:33)Adoption of Tableau and Data Pipelines (11:21)Supply Chain Analytics and Timeless Data Modeling (15:49)Impact of Cloud Computing on Cost Optimization (18:35)Challenges of Managing Variable Costs (20:59)Democratization of Data and Cost Impact (23:52)Quality of Fivetran Connectors (27:29)Data Ingestion and Cost Awareness (29:44)Virtual Warehouse Cost Management (31:22)Auto-Scaling and Performance Optimization (33:09)Cost-Saving Frameworks for Business Problems (38:19)Dashboard Frameworks (40:53)Increasing Dashboards (43:29)Final thoughts and takeaways (46:28)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Clint’s Background and Journey in Data (0:51)Starting a Data Career (2:01)Transition to Startup SaaS World (4:27)Clint’s Connection to a Federal Reserve Database (5:31)Challenges in Predictive Modeling (10:27)Data Input Challenges (15:50)Marketers' Workflow and Data Integration (18:29)Soft ROI vs. Hard ROI in Data Analysis (00:21:31)Balancing Internal Marketing and Data Team's Value (22:35)Simplifying Data Inputs for Predictive Models (25:09)Data Analysis Workflow and Tech Stack (29:06)Open Data Formats and Impact on Data Platforms (34:40)The S3 and Ecosystem Model (37:08)In-browser SQL Queries with DuckDB (39:24)Data Security Concerns and Solutions (41:47)Clean Rooms and Data Sharing (43:32)Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:35)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.