🇪🇺 #288 - “My 5 predictions about the future of analytics” With Colin, co-founder at Omni, ex-VP Product at Looker

Épisode de DataGen par Robin Conquet · 31 août 2026 · 39 min

Colin Zima is the co-founder and CEO of Omni, the Business Intelligence platform recently valued at over $1.5 billion. Before founding Omni, Colin was VP of Product and Chief Analytics Officer at Looker, the Business Intelligence platform acquired by Google for $2.6 billion.

He shares his predictions on the future of analytics:

🔥 Prediction #1: The dashboard is changing, not going away

🔥 Prediction #2: There will always be a place for data teams

🔥 Prediction #3: Natural language doesn't mean simple question and answer

🔥 Prediction #4: AI will start writing more data models than people

🔥 Prediction #5: Semantics matter more than ever

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This episode is made possible by Omni, the next-generation BI platform already used by many companies (Brevo, Photoroom, etc.).

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🎬 CHAPTERS

00:00 “The dashboard is changing, not going away”

13:00 "There will always be a place for data teams"

16:11 “Natural language doesn't mean simple question and answer”

25:31 “AI will start writing more data models than people”

27:38 “Semantics matter more than ever”

28:17 SQL vs Semantic Layer

35:37 The data team of the future

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