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Running Apache Iceberg For Financial Workloads At Affirm

Apache Iceberg unlocks the complex time travel requirements and intensive data validation needs that Affirm has as a financial company. Iceberg's write-once / read-anywhere paradigm simplifies Affirm’s governance by minimizing existing data sets — ensuring there is only ever one logical copy of a given data set, complete with a validation history, and tag-based time travel watermarks. This presentation recorded at Summit 2025 provides detail on the the way Affirm leverages Snowflake’s Open Catalog to power our Iceberg implementation, solving both operational and analytic challenges in the business.

Week 3 CFO Masterclass: Building Predictive Intelligence in Finance

Discover how finance teams can move beyond static reporting with predictive intelligence! In this masterclass preview, see how your team can evolve into proactive advisors by leveraging leading indicators and predictive insights. Watch our Week Three Masterclass and dive deeper with the full blog: “Beyond Financial Statements: Building Predictive Intelligence” for strategies to revolutionize your finance workflows.

Is Building Your Own Analytics Worth It?

Building your own analytics gives you full control, but it’s costly, slow, and drains focus from your core product. Buying an embedded analytics solution like Yellowfin lets you move faster, monetize sooner, avoid technical debt, deliver a polished user experience, and rely on proven security and compliance (all while keeping your team focused on what makes your product unique).

Visualizing BigQuery geospatial data in Colab

Geospatial data is a powerful tool for gaining insights into everything from customer behavior to environmental patterns. BigQuery allows you to store and analyze this location data using standard SQL, and bringing that data into a Colab notebook gives you the flexibility to combine BigQuery's power with popular Python visualization libraries. This approach is perfect for ad-hoc or iterative analysis. In this video, we'll give you an overview of these capabilities and walk through a demo of how you can analyze and visualize your geospatial data.

From Building at Pinterest and Airbnb to Revolutionizing AI at Kumo.AI

Join us for expert insights on how data is rewriting the rules and driving the future of innovation with Dr. Vanja Josifovski, CEO and Founder of Kumo.AI. In this episode, Dr. Vanja shares his approach to enterprise AI and reveals why a "data-forward organization" is the key to success. He also explains why integration speed is now the new competitive edge, and makes a compelling case for rebuilding outdated systems to achieve a 10x advantage.

Ep 36 | Securing the Evolving Frontier of Digital Trust with Jim Brennan

When trust collapses, everything else goes with it. Jim Brennan, Chief Product and Technical Officer at GetReal Security, joins The AI Forecast to break down one of the biggest challenges in today’s world: securing digital trust. He and host Paul Muller explore why trust is the backbone of modern business and how advancements like deepfakes, impersonation attacks, and AI-powered deception are shaking that foundation.