In this episode, Joe Reis, best-selling author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering explains why data modeling and semantics need to take the center stage for AI to truly succeed.

In this episode, Joe Reis, best-selling author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering explains why data modeling and semantics need to take the center stage for AI to truly succeed.

Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda debrief after 4 days on-site at Snowflake Summit 2023 in Las Vegas. Key Takeaways: [00:00 - 00:40] Intro, Tim and Juan are at the Snowflake Summit in Las Vegas [00:43 - 01:27] AI [01:27 - 04:04] Large language models (LLMs), and associated costs [04:04 - 04:46] Costs of maintaining data infrastructure for larger models [04:50 - 06:58] AI and LM use cases for businesses [07:07 - 09:52] New capabilities added to Snowflake: Snow Park and Snowflake Container Services, and Streamlit [09:52 - 11:15] Juan predicts that Snowflake will build their own data centers [11:18 - 12:47] Databricks conference announcements [13:29 - 19:11] Introducing Ethan Aaron from Portable, and his take on trends with Snowflake

In this episode, we delve into the world of change management and its crucial role in the nonprofit sector, particularly concerning data governance. Our special guest, Aakriti Agrawal from American Express, shares her expertise and insights on the change management process, emphasizing the need for leadership rather than mere management. Join hosts Juan and Tim for this insightful episode as we explore change management in the nonprofit sector, uncover the power of data governance, and learn strategies to effectively lead change within organizations.

We all need a break sometimes. Juan is on vacation but he wasn't skipping this week's episode of Catalog & Cocktails. Join Tim Gasper and Juan Sequeda for this weeks mini-sode.

Are you criminally under leveraging your data? This week Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper will be joined by Maddy Want, VP of Data at Fanatics and author of “Precisely: Working with Precision Systems in a World of Data” to discuss digital transformations stories from her book.