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Windsurf: Using AI to build a custom connector with Fivetran's Connector SDK
This tutorial demonstrates how to build a Fivetran Connector SDK custom connector using Windsurf. The demo showcases the end-to-end process of creating, testing, and deploying a connector that ingests Animal Drug Adverse Events (ADAE) problem reports from the openFDA API.
TDC S6E13 Noelle 16x9 v1
Step inside the world of AI innovation as Cindi Howson talks with @noelleai, CEO of the AI Leadership Institute and author of Scaling Responsible AI: From Enthusiasm to Execution. They'll explore how to build and scale responsible AI, starting with Noelle's unique perspective from the early Alexa team with Jeff Bezos, where she shaped successful mindfulness apps. Discover more about her "I Love AI" community, which has taught over 3.4 million people.
Ep 32 | From Fear to Function: AI Isn't Taking Your Job, It's Redefining It with Derek Osgood
As the conversation around job loss vs. job evolution heats up, how can we look at the glass half full? Derek Osgood, Founder and CEO of DoubleO and Ignition, joins The AI Forecast to explore how agentic AI is reshaping business workflows and reframing the conversation from replacement to augmentation. As Derek puts it, automation isn’t about erasing opportunity; it’s about redefining it.
From Assistants to Impact. How AI is Driving ROI for Insurers with Appian
Automation has long been a key driver of efficiency. Traditional RPA and IDP technology promised to relieve carriers from rekeying, extracting data from forms, and other repetitive tasks. At Appian, we saw early that automation in isolation doesn't achieve transformative outcomes. Why? Because AI has too often been deployed at the edges of workflows: copilots, chatbots, or analytics dashboards that assist us when prompted.
Real-World Security Considerations for MCP
Every new protocol introduces complexities—onboarding new tools and SDKs, adapting to new processes, evaluating security and performance implications, ensuring compatibility with existing systems, and overcoming the learning curve. So when a new protocol shows up, the first question to ask is: is it really necessary? Let’s ask that about MCP—what problem is it trying to solve?
DreamFactory + Claude Desktop + Canva Demo
In this demo, I wire together a new DreamFactory API exposing SQLServer, the DreamFactory MCP Server, Claude Desktop, and Canva to interrogate some new data and them make charts out of it.
RAG and Fivetran: The foundation for AI-powered apps
Build smart, innovative data products by pairing context-aware AI with automated data integration.