Mid-Year Reality Check: Data Predictions With Mike Palmer

Mid-Year Reality Check: Data Predictions With Mike Palmer

From The Data T by Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi

August 4, 2025 · 46 min · Season 3 · Episode 29

About this episode

Mike Palmer discusses the future of data and analytics in 2025, emphasizing AI's role and the need for data leaders to expand their impact.

With 2025 more than halfway over, it’s time to test this year’s bold data forecasts—and look ahead to what’s still coming. On this episode of The Data T , Sigma CEO Mike Palmer joins Coalesce co-founders Armon Petrossian and Satish Jayanthi to unpack where data and analytics are really heading in 2025. From rewriting Sigma’s platform on day 30 to calling time on traditional BI “insights,” Palmer explains why the next wave will be AI-powered, end-user apps built on a radically slimmer tool stack—and why data leaders should double the scope of their impact and bet bigger than ever. Key Topics Palmer’s path from Teach For America to Sigma CEO Consolidation in the data industry: from 50–100 analytics tools to ~20 Why “insights” and text-to-SQL won’t democratize data AI’s role in merging BI, apps, and workflow automation Advice for data professionals Resources: About Coalesce: https://coalesce.io/about/ Coalesce podcast archive (The Data T): https://coalesce.io/podcast/

People in this episode

Hosts: Armon Petrossian, Satish Jayanthi

Guest: Mike Palmer

Topics covered

  • data predictions
  • analytics
  • AI in business
  • data democratization
  • data industry consolidation

Keywords

  • data forecasts
  • AI-powered apps
  • business intelligence
  • workflow automation
  • data tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sigma, Coalesce, Teach For America

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