Drill to Detail Ep.118 ‘A Look Into the Future of Looker and Google Cloud Data Analytics’ featuring Special Guest Sean Zinsmeister

In this episode, Sean Zinsmeister from Google joins Mark Rittman to discuss the latest developments for Looker including the integration of Looker Studio, new modeling capabilities and the exciting potential of generative AI for BI.

We discuss how Looker is evolving to be a more open, composable platform that can power advanced analytics and data storytelling, with Sean sharing insights on Google's purpose-built Gemini models for natural language to SQL translation and how Looker customers can leverage these AI capabilities. 

We also explore Looker's agentic API strategy, the long-term vision of using Looker Studio as the primary Looker front-end and the opening up of LookML to tools beyond just Looker. 

• Driving Looker customer innovations in the generative AI era

• Previewing Studio in Looker, the (Eventual) Future of Self-Service Reporting for Looker

• Looker now available from Google Cloud console

• Delivering the third wave of BI in the AI era with Looker

• Drill to Detail Ep.100 Special ‘Past, Present and Future of the Modern Data Stack’ with Special Guests Keenan Rice, Stewart Bryson and Jake Stein

• Drill to Detail Ep. 73 'Luck, Thinking Different and Designing Looker Data Platform' with Special Guest Colin Zima

Drill to Detail Ep.107 'Cube, Headless BI and the AI Semantic Layer' with Special Guest Artyom Keydunov

Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Artyom Keydunov, Founder at Cube to talk about embedded analytics and Cube's origin story, headless BI, query acceleration and how Cube and Delphi enable an AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer.

• Empower uniquely insightful AI & LLM data experiences

• AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer

• Define metrics upstream to align your team

• How Rittman Analytics Delivers the Semantic Layer Today with Cube

• Rittman Analytics Cube Quickstart

Drill to Detail Ep.53 'ThoughtSpot, Search and AI-Powered BI' With Special Guest Doug Bordonaro

Mark Rittman is joined by ThoughtSpot's Chief Data Evangelist Doug Bordonaro to talk about the value of data, issues around trust and consent raised by the EU's new GDPR regulations, and how ThoughtSpot are applying ideas from search engines combined with artificial intelligence smarts to surface insights and drive real value for business users from their analytics investment

• "Value Becomes the 5th “V” in Big Data Factors"

• ThoughtSpot - Search and AI-Driven Analytics for Humans

• The ThoughtSpot Blog

• Doug Bordonaro on LinkedIn

• “Will GDPR Make Machine Learning Illegal?” - KDNuggets article

Drill to Detail Ep.36 'Marketing Analytics, AI and the Rise of the Omni-channel Consumer' With Special Guest Mark Madsen

Mark Rittman is joined by Industry Analyst Mark Madsen to talk about marketing analytics and the rise of the omni-channel consumer, the use of AI in analytics and personalization and what this all means for brands, for advertisers and for marketers.

• Third Nature, Inc.

• "A Pragmatic Approach to Analyzing Customers"

• "Salesforce Einstein Keynote: AI For Everyone"

• "What is SAP Leonardo? Everything you need to know about SAP’s Leonardo platform"

Drill to Detail Ep.30 "AI, ML & Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence Applications" with Special Guest Jack Berkowitz

Oracle's Jack Berkowitz joins Mark Rittman to talk about a new category of continuously adapting, self-learning applications being built-out by Oracle that use machine learning together with enterprise and third-party data to create a new generation of intelligent HR, CX, SCM and ERP SaaS apps.

• "Adaptive Intelligence: What You Need to Know"

• Oracle's Adaptive Intelligence Apps product homepage