Catalog & Cocktails: The Honest, No-BS Data Podcast
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Catalog and Cocktails is an honest, no-BS, non-sales-y conversation about data and analytics. This is your unfiltered chat about everything interesting in data and metadata management, DataOps, architecture, and beyond. Join Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper to explore emerging topics and hear from visionary leaders across the data space.
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Apr 25, 2024 • 53min
Demystifying Vector Databases with Bob van Luijt
When you think about Gen AI applications, one of the first things that comes to mind is Vector Databases as part of the stack. In this episode, Tim and Juan chat with Bob van Luijt, co-founder of Weaviate, to demystify Vector Databases.
Apr 25, 2024 • 6min
TAKEAWAYS - Demystifying Vector Databases with Bob van Luijt
When you think about Gen AI applications, one of the first things that comes to mind is Vector Databases as part of the stack. In this episode, Tim and Juan chat with Bob van Luijt, co-founder of Weaviate, to demystify Vector Databases.
Apr 18, 2024 • 54min
Crawl, Walk, and Run on How to be AI Ready with Peter Kromhout and Mariam Halfhide
Peter Kromhout and Mariam Halfhide share insights on becoming AI Ready. They discuss aligning strategy and data quality, navigating data management, and implementing AI. The conversation also covers the shift to generative AI, ethics in data initiatives, and the path to AI readiness.
Apr 17, 2024 • 7min
TAKEAWAYS - Crawl, Walk, and Run on How to be AI Ready with Peter Kromhout and Mariam Halfhide
AI experts Peter Kromhout and Mariam Halfhide from Xebia discuss strategies for becoming AI Ready, focusing on aligning business goals with data strategy and incremental implementation. They also touch on collaboration advice, tough questions, and less distributed systems in the tech industry.
Apr 11, 2024 • 1h 1min
Who’s buying Data Catalogs and Why? with Neil Burge
Neil Burge, a data research expert, discusses the reasons behind organizations investing in data catalogs. They explore buyer landscapes, organizational dynamics driving purchases, AI adoption challenges, and the impact of data catalogs on data governance. Insights on aligning AI with business objectives and the importance of context alignment are highlighted.
Apr 10, 2024 • 8min
TAKEAWAYS - Who’s buying Data Catalogs and Why? with Neil Burge
Neil Burge, a data researcher, discusses motivations for data catalogs including compliance, growth, and efficiency. He also shares advice on engaging with diverse viewpoints and recommends business books for understanding business goals.
Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 8min
Data Security and AI: How to get them on the same page with Jesse Sedler
Jesse Sedler discusses balancing data security and AI implementation. Topics include physical and online security measures, building trust within data security teams, challenges in legacy systems, privacy-enhancing technologies, and expert advice on incorporating empathy and recommended resources.
Apr 3, 2024 • 9min
TAKEAWAYS - Data Security and AI: How to get them on the same page with Jesse Sedler
Jesse Sedler, an expert in data governance and security, discusses the crucial collaboration between CISO and CDO in secure AI projects. They explore using innovative technologies like homomorphic encryption and differential privacy, addressing challenges with unstructured data and legacy systems. The episode also includes advice on empathy, recommended experts for AI discussions, and resources like 'Crossing the Chasm'. Possible future topics and merchandise are teased.
Mar 28, 2024 • 45min
Live from Data Council Austin: what’s your honest no-bs take of the data world?
The podcast covers insights on funding, product development, AI applications, and future implications of tech advancements. It discusses challenges in data consumability, biases in large language models, evolving data processing techniques, and challenges in utilizing data effectively. Also, it evaluates the efficacy of A.B. testing in business decisions and follows a day at a data conference with discussions on data engineering topics and metadata layers for AI.
Mar 21, 2024 • 1h 3min
What data will say when you’re willing to listen with Scott Taylor
Shhh...do you hear that? It's the Data Whisperer. And he's here to tell a story: A data story. He'll disclose some hard-won truths. He'll philosophically approach the idea of truth before meaning. There may even be...data puppets.
