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The Data Hotseat

Advancing Analytics

Join the team at Advancing Analytics to chat all things data & AI! Each week will see a new guest and a new topic in the hotseat, and you'll hear their unfiltered opinions, tips, tricks, and maybe a hot take or two.

With a focus on Databricks, The Data Hotseat gives you takeaways from technical insights to data strategy. Whether you're a Data Engineer or Head of Data, you'll get opinionated insights you won't find anywhere else.

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  • Avg 37 min
  • English

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  • August 6 · 34 min

    Ep 6: All About Genie App Builder | James Bentley

    In the hotseat this week is James Bentley, Senior AI Consultant and face of the AI videos on our YouTube channel! With host, Paul McComish, they chat about Genie App Builder - how it differs from other app builders, and how, yet again, the conversation turns to data quality and governance.

  • July 30 · 38 min

    Ep 5: All About Genie One & Genie Ontology | Ashley Warren

    In the hotseat this week is Ashley Warren, here to chat about Genie One and Genie Ontology. This episode dives into Databricks' attempt to stop AI from confidently getting business questions wrong. They explore why context is the missing ingredient in enterprise AI, why governance is suddenly everyone's problem again, and whether analysts should be excited, worried, or both.

  • July 23 · 34 min

    Ep 4: All About Genie ZeroOps | George Dutton

    In the hotseat this week is George Dutton, here to chat about Genie ZeroOps, Databricks' new autonomous background agent for data and AI operations. Is this the beginning of the end for Monday morning firefighting? With host Paul McComish, they dig into how Genie ZeroOps detects, diagnoses and fixes broken pipelines before they hit production, and why sandboxed testing is key to earning engineers' trust.

  • July 16 · 31 min

    Ep 3: All about Lakehouse//RT and LTAP | Peter Sach

    In the hotseat this week is Peter Sach, who joins our host, Paul McComish, in chatting about Lakehouse//RT and LTAP - two big announcements from Databricks Data + AI Summit. What are they? How do the two integrate with Reyden and the wider Databricks ecosphere? And how could they impact you?

  • July 9 · 40 min

    Ep 2: All about Omnigent | Adam Lammiman

    In the hotseat this week is Adam Lammiman, here to chat about the intriguing world of Omnigent, an open source meta orchestration layer for AI agents, recently announced by Databricks. With host, Paul McComish, they cover the rapid evolution of agentic workflows, the hype vs reality of AI advancements, and how Omnigent stands to revolutionise the orchestration of AI processes.

  • June 29 · 46 min

    Ep 1: All about Databricks Data + AI Summit | Terry McCann

    In the hotseat this week is CEO of Advancing Analytics, Terry McCann! With Paul McComish, they chat about all things Databricks Data + AI Summit. From 'sexy' data, to reclaiming the fun work, they look about how the new announcements actually add value, and impact how companies can access and use their data.

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