Chef Laurent trained under Ducasse. Her knife work was flawless. Then the blade bent before it touched the meat. She was told the proper knives were being used elsewhere. These had worked "well enough" before. Well enough is a difficult standard to cook by. It's a worse one for filing taxes. Your tax team knows the feeling. Fragmented data. Manual reconciliation. Every close cycle a race against "well enough.".

At Snowflake Summit 2026, Gene Teare from Crunchbase and Harsha Kapre, Director at Snowflake Ventures, discuss their joint report examining AI investment trends and capital formation in the data ecosystem. Learn how the market has evolved from 2021's broad exuberance to concentrated investment in AI-ready infrastructure, governance, and agentic applications. Discover what signals indicate a startup is truly enterprise-ready versus experimental, and explore the next phase of capital formation in the agentic AI economy.

Most data teams think MAR pricing is predictable and manageable. You pay for rows that change, your pipelines keep running, and the monthly bill should be easy to understand. But teams on the pricing model learn the reality 6 months in. If you’re on the MAR model this is a must watch (before you get your next bill spike). Dan Murphy explains why MAR mechanics are designed to break.

ThoughtSpot has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms. We’re celebrating this milestone while building for tomorrow, as we shift from the Era of Reporting into the Era of Action. Hear a message from our CEO Ketan Karkhanis on what this shift means for our customers and partners, and how companies can win in this next era of AI BI.