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Snowflake Intelligence | Built[By] Reza Akhavan

Software Engineering Manager Reza Akhavan is leading the charge on the future of data agents for enterprise AI. In this Built spotlight, Reza shares how his team is transforming how businesses interact with their data, eliminating silos, and enabling teams to generate insights using natural language. Gain insights into the challenges faced during the development of Snowflake Intelligence, the journey from concept to first-party solution, and how this groundbreaking solution is democratizing data access for organizations worldwide.

Deploying Gen AI in Production with NVIDIA NIM & MLRun

In less than three years, gen AI has become a staple technology in the business world. In November of 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, with explosive growth of over 1 million users in just five days, galvanizing the widespread use of gen AI. Over the course of 2023 enterprises entered the experimentation stage and kicked off POCs with API services and open models including Llama 2, Mistral, NVIDIA and others.

User-Guided Intent: The Future of Conversational BI Starts Here

Using Business Intelligence (BI) tools can be overwhelming—especially for company executives, shopkeepers, or factory workers who may only engage with them occasionally. This challenge is one of the key reasons we set out to rethink how most users interact with their data. Rather than relying solely on interactive dashboards or static PDF reports, we're exploring more intuitive and user-guided approaches.

How to Improve and Optimize Your ERP Reporting Strategy

ERP systems are the backbone of modern business operations. They support everything from finance and procurement to supply chain and compliance. But when it comes to reporting, even the most powerful ERP systems often fall short. Reports are slow to build, difficult to update, and often require IT support just to answer basic questions. That’s why optimizing your ERP reporting process is no longer optional. It’s essential.

From Hacker News to the Enterprise: How We Got Here

It’s not every day you get to zoom out and talk about the why behind what you’re building. That’s exactly what Countly’s CEO, Onur Alp Soner, did recently on The SaaS Podcast—a conversation that turned into part reflection, part therapy, and part roadmap. The episode dives into the early days of Countly—when it was just a Hacker News post, a stubborn belief in data ownership, and a string of long nights spent building in open source.