Over a decade after the idea of big data was first born,

data has become the central nervous system

for decision-making in organizations of all sizes.

But the modern data stack is evolving.

And which infrastructure trends and technologies will ultimately

went out remains to be decided. This episode from November 2020 brings

together some of the industry's leading experts from Snowflake to 5 Tran,

DBT, A16C and beyond,

to debate the future of the modern data stack.

From Data Lakes versus Data Warehouses

to Analytics versus Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, to sequel

versus everything else, and more. For more on how the data space is

evolving and who the key up-and-coming players are, check out the inaugural

data 50 list on future.com

forward slash data 50.

We highlight and analyze the world's bellwether private companies

across the most exciting categories in data, which in aggregate are valued today at more than

$100 billion and have raised approximately $14 billion in total capital.

And now, on to today's episode.

Hi and welcome to the Great Data Debate.

I'm Doss, and this is the A16Z Podcast.

Today's episode is all about the debates happening around the modern data stack,

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