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a16z Infra #4: Segmenting the Data Analytics Stack

Episode Summary

a16z general partner Martin Casado digs into the data analytics stack, the future of SQL, and the market and use cases for streaming data with leaders from Starburst, Superset, and Imply.

Episode Notes

• Why does it feel like there's a database for everything? [4:46]
• What is the actual use case and market for streaming? [9:34]
• How real is real time? [20:12]
• Can you do everything in SQL? [25:08]
• Is the future SQL extensions or does SQL become embedded in data frames? [40:19]
• Is database consolidation coming? How many different systems will we have? (SPOILER: 3... maybe) [49:41] 

a16z Infra is the Clubhouse Show where the a16z enterprise team and guests discuss the foundational technology and products that underpin all of tech. We dig deep into data, AI/ML, security, developer tools, compute, network, storage, hardware, and anything else found below the surface of modern  stacks.

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