It's About Data
We discuss data, artificial intelligence, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Cohosted by Tony Baer and Matt Housley. Also available on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XFbzM-Vn1ztmEQFDVzYCQ
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Data Centric AI (with Dave McComb) (opens the original)
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Dave McComb, CEO of Semantic Arts, joins us to discuss AI code overload, the software wasteland and data centric AI architecture. Dave's book, Software Wasteland . The New York Times article we discuss. It's About Data is a sponsor of Data AI Weekend, Oct 10th-11th, 2026 in Austin, TX. Use the discount code ITSABOUTDATA to register. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984522656688/?discount=ITSABOUTDATA More information on the conference. Matt's book Fundamentals of Data Engineering is available throu
Agents Eating The Semantic Layer (with Paul Blankley, CTO of Zenlytic) (opens the original)
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Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription to The O'Reilly Learning Platform. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support this podcast. Paul Blankley, CTO and Cofounder of Zenlytic, joins us to discuss agents and semantic layers. Paul's talk at AI Council.
Context Engineering and Data Products (Justin Borgman, CEO of Starburst) (opens the original)
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Matt's book Fundamentals of Data Engineering is available through the O'Reilly Learning platform. Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support this podcast.We welcome Justin Borgman, cofounder and CEO of Starburst, back to the show to discuss data and context. Justin argues that context engineering is a human in the loop process.
The State of Enterprise AI (Rob Strechay—VentureBeat) (opens the original)
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Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription to The O'Reilly Learning Platform. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support this podcast. Rob Strechay (Lead Analyst, VentureBeat) joins us to discuss the state of enterprise AI. Is the term context graph useful? What role will open weight models play in the enterprise? How are enterprises managing AI costs?
The Year of The Graph (opens the original)
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Are we finally going to experience the year of the graph database? According to Arthur Bigeard, (founder gdotv.com) graph databases are having a moment driven by gen AI and graph on relational tools. We also talk about the evolution of data development, graph visualization, ontologies, and socialization of graph technology. Fundamentals of Data Engineering is available through the O'Reilly Learning Platform along with over 60K other titles. Sign up for a free trial here . Get a 20% discount on a
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