Data Council Courses

Data Meets Intelligence: Where the Data Infrastructure and AI Stack Converge

Explore the convergence of data infrastructure and AI systems with Naveen Rao and George Mathew as they discuss emerging architectural patterns and provide guidance for leaders navigating AI adoption and building modern data platforms.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Real-Time Data Infrastructure and AI: Powering the Next Generation of Analytics

Explore how real-time data infrastructure is transforming analytics and AI capabilities through insights from database and networking pioneers Aaron Katz and Martin Casado, offering wisdom for scaling high-performance systems.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

RAGs to Riches: Engineering the Future of LLM Systems

Explore cutting-edge LLM system design with experts from Perplexity AI, Lamini, Replit, and UC Berkeley as they discuss retrieval-augmented generation, agentic search, and solutions for reducing hallucinations.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Guardrails for the Future: AI Safety and Responsible AI in Practice

Gain insights into practical AI safety implementation from industry leaders at OpenAI, Meta, Oracle Health, and LinkedIn as they discuss real-world challenges, trade-offs, and technical solutions for responsible AI deployment at scale.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

How SambaNova's Memory-Centric Design Powers Agentic AI and GenAI Workflows

Discover how SambaNova's revolutionary memory-centric architecture overcomes the "memory wall" challenge to power trillion-parameter models and multi-agent systems with record-breaking performance for enterprise AI applications.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Optimizing Iceberg Table Layouts at Scale - A Multi-Objective Approach

Discover strategies for managing Iceberg table layouts at scale through multi-objective optimization, balancing storage efficiency, cost minimization, and performance impact with intelligent scoring and prioritization techniques.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Billion-Scale Vector Search on Object Storage

Explore the engineering behind Notion's semantic search system, as turbopuffer and Notion experts share insights on managing billion-scale vector workloads using object storage for large-scale RAG systems and LLM applications.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Why is Everyone Talking About Apache Iceberg? - A Primer on Universal Table Formats

Discover the origins and evolution of Apache Iceberg with creator Ryan Blue, exploring how this universal table format is revolutionizing analytics and data lake architectures in modern data engineering.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Orchestrating at Scale - How Instacart Manages 20M+ Daily Workflows

Discover how Instacart orchestrates 20M+ daily workflows, the technical challenges involved, and strategies for managing complex distributed systems that power their massive on-demand platform.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Model is the Product - Evolution of Intelligence as Product Differentiator

Explore how AI models have become the primary product differentiator in technology, examining strategic challenges companies face and how the relationship between models and distribution creates competitive advantage.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Building LLM Applications with Llama Stack

Discover insights on building production-grade LLM applications using Llama Stack, covering development challenges, testing, deployment, monitoring, and scaling across cloud, on-premises, and mobile environments.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Models as Tools: A Practical Perspective on Foundation Models

Discover practical approaches to using LLMs as tools rather than hype, with insights from building products, training foundation models, and daily GenAI usage for realistic implementation.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

OpenAI's Responses API: A New Foundation for Building with Models and Tools

Discover how OpenAI's Responses API simplifies integration by transforming complex code into a few lines, with built-in state management and semantic streaming for agent-like applications.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Liberate Analytical Data Management with DuckDB

Discover how DuckDB's in-process analytical engine enables creative data interactions with its small footprint and high efficiency, unlocking new possibilities for data pipelines and analytics deployment across various environments.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Building a Data Foundation for Multimodal Foundation Models

Discover the challenges and solutions for building petabyte-scale multimodal feature lakehouses for foundation model training, balancing data quality with quantity while supporting both analytical querying and high-performance feature serving.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video