The Data T

Welcome to the Data T! In our first podcast episode for 2025, hosts Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi chat with Tejas Manohar, co-CEO and co-founder of Hightouch, about his predictions for the year ahead. The conversation covers the top trends in generative AI, customer engagement, and data infrastructure, with a deep dive into AI Decisioning, the latest innovation from Hightouch that uses continuous experimentation and reinforcement learning to optimize marketing strategies. Manohar provides insights into how organizations can better leverage their data platforms to activate data for marketing and operations, discusses the challenges in implementing Large Language Models (LLMs), the importance of foundational infrastructure for all AI initiatives, the emerging popularity of open-source table formats like Apache Iceberg, and more.Key topics include:Data predictions for 2025AI Decisioning from HightouchPractical use cases for leveraging LLMsGenerative AI: hype vs realityData infrastructure trends and innovations for 2025The future of AI in marketing Watch the video recording of this episode here.Resources:The Top Data Trends for 2025Learn more about CoalesceLearn more about HightouchConnect with the speakers:Tejas ManoharArmon PetrossianSatish Jayanthi

In this episode of Coffee with Coalesce, Hugo Lu, CEO and founder of Orchestra, joins hosts Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi to share the company’s founding story, discuss the challenges of building and selling an orchestration platform in an already crowded data space, his predictions on the main trends in data for 2025, and more. Listen to the full episode to find out more about:Orchestra’s founding storyChallenges in data orchestrationThe importance of data governanceEnabling a successful data mesh implementationNavigating a crowded data spaceIs column-level lineage really necessary?Inspiration from business leaders, and more.Watch the video recording of this podcast episode here.Resources:About OrchestraAbout CoalesceCoalesce podcastAnnouncing Orchestra's Integration with CoalesceData Orchestration is Evolving

In this episode of Coffee with Coalesce, Taylor Brown, COO and co-founder of Fivetran, shares the origin story of the company and how Fivetran has helped pioneer the Modern Data Stack. Taylor dives into the challenges of building Fivetran, the company’s mission to make data as accessible and reliable as electricity, and the impact of their innovations on the data industry.In this episode:The origin of Fivetran and its mission to simplify data ingestionsThe origin of the Modern Data StackData accessibility and infrastructure innovationFivetran’s hybrid deployment modelScaling management structures as a co-founderThe future of data lakes and open file formats, and moreHosted by Coalesce co-founders Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi.

In the latest episode of our data podcast, we welcome Rob Woollen, Co-founder and CTO of Sigma Computing, to chat about the future of BI, the journey of developing Sigma, finding product market fit, and the company’s success. In this episode you'll hear Rob's take on:the future of spreadsheets and SQLaddressing the largest bottlenecks in analytics use casesthe impact of Gen AI and LLMs on BIchallenges in AI interface designthe potential of AI for productivity, and more.

In this episode of Coffee with Coalesce, we chat with Joe Floyd, General Partner at Emergence Capital, and Saad Siddiqui, General Partner at Telstra Ventures. Venture capital plays a pivotal role in guiding new companies and technologies to market, and our guests have had a first-row seat to the fast and furious growth and innovation happening in the industry over the past decade.Ten years ago hardly anyone had heard of Snowflake. Just two years ago, LLMs were an obscure acronym known only to those deeply immersed in AI and ML. Today, it seems like AI is everywhere. What will tomorrow bring? What do VCs look for when investing in early-stage startups in the data and AI field. What are some markers of success? What are some red flags? Listen to the podcast episode to find out.

We’re excited to welcome John Cosgrove and Kent Graziano to tackle the age-old topics of data management and data modeling in the new age of AI and LLMs. How can you get onboard the AI hype train and not end up in a train wreck? What if setting yourself up for success in the future depends more than ever on “old” ideas like hierarchies, semantics, models, taxonomies… in short, structure? Tune in to hear more and bring your questions for our guests and hosts, Coalesce co-founders Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi.

What do twinkies, weight loss, and LLMs have in common? Data may just have something to do with it. For our last podcast episode of 2023, we sit down with Felipe Hoffa, Data Cloud Advocate at Snowflake, to chat about his favorite and most memorable data trends and developments of the year. Listen to the full episode to find out which topics made the cut!

We’re extremely excited to welcome Bob Muglia to Coffee with Coalesce. The former Microsoft exec and Snowflake CEO doesn’t need an introduction in the data community: a legendary leader whose work has shaped our industry, Muglia joins us to talk about his new book, The Datapreneurs. Hosted by Coalesce co-founders Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi, and Coalesce advisor Kent Graziano.Watch the full episode to hear Muglia and Graziano's take on:how AI and LLMs will change the Modern Data Stackhow AI and LLMs will change data engineeringthe future of SQL and knowledge graphsMuglia's "you heard it here first" take on Data Meshand much more!About Coalesce:Founded in 2020, Coalesce is the only data transformation platform built for scale. Coalesce combines the speed of an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI), the flexibility of code, and the efficiency of automation, empowering its customers with increased data team productivity and insights. Based in San Francisco, Calif., Coalesce is backed by Emergence Capital, 11.2 Capital, GreatPoint Ventures, and Industry Ventures and supports customers worldwide. Learn more at Coalesce.io. Get a demo: https://coalesce.io/request-demo/Start free: https://coalesce.io/start-free/