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Sam Pierson discusses how Qlik is transforming data analytics through AI and its partnership with AWS.

CTO Sam Pierson explains how Qlik’s associative engine and agentic AI are transforming the way businesses uncover insights and what’s next on the data frontier. Topics Include: Qlik is a 30-year-old data analytics and AI company with global customers. Qlik's associative engine surfaces insights from data you aren't even examining. A paper manufacturer optimized supply chain routing and navigated tariff complexity. Generative AI can't easily query databases — Qlik's engine bridges that gap. Qlik built an agentic layer enabling natural language conversations with your data. MCP integration lets users access Qlik insights directly from tools like Claude Desktop. Qlik runs entirely on AWS, with global regions built around local compliance requirements. The AWS partnership prioritizes mutual success over transactional service relationships. Agents will mature in 2026; some agentic bets will succeed, others will be refactored. Fine-tuned, smaller language models will grow in importance alongside larger ones. AI adoption requires restructuring workflows end-to-end, from product spec to go-to-market. Qlik is hiring for curiosity and agency — people who experiment without waiting for…

People in this episode

Guest: Sam Pierson

Topics covered

• data analytics
• AI
• business insights
• supply chain optimization
• natural language processing
• AWS partnership

Keywords

• Qlik
• data analytics
• AI
• associative engine
• agentic AI
• supply chain
• natural language
• AWS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Qlik, AWS

Products: Claude Desktop

Places: 2026

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