Danielle Beringer is Director of Technical Partnerships at Gretel.ai, an open-source, privacy engineering as a service allowing you to synthesize and transform your data quickly and securely. Gretel just closed a $50M B round and Danielle shares how they are delivering great outcomes with synthetics while reshaping how people are working with sensitive data and PII datasets. Listen in to hear how Gretel is tackling the challenges of data sharing and accessibility to data, and what they are planning for the future. 

On this episode of Hashmap on Tap, host Kelly Kohlleffel is joined by Andrew Reichman, Director of Market Intelligence with Snowflake. Over local craft beers, they talk about the Snowflake Data Cloud, Snowflake's differentiation, and how they continue to elevate the bar for cloud data platforms.

Swaroop Jagadish, Co-Founder & CTO of Acryl Data, joins Hashmap on Tap host, Kelly Kohlleffel to discuss how Acryl Data is bringing more clarity to your data using a next-generation multi-cloud metadata management platform and developer-friendly data catalog powered by LinkedIn DataHub. Swaroop also talks about the fascinating journey that led him to this latest venture. 

Hashmap recently sponsored a special session at the Modern Data Stack Conference (MDSCON) organized by Fivetran. Just in case you missed this panel discussion, we created a podcast episode version! Join data leaders from Arlo, OldCastle, WW International, and Hashmap as they tackle the challenges of being data-driven when your data is, well, limited. They tackle key data questions on business impact, culture, and what it takes to achieve useable, trusted data in their organizations.

Hashmap on Tap host Kelly Kohlleffel is joined by Erik Jones. Erik leads the BI and analytics organization at Hyperscience where they are enabling organizations to automate data-centric, mission-critical processes using both human and artificial intelligence. They are continuing to build on a modern data stack that includes Snowflake, Fivetran, and dbt (and a few other emerging technologies).

Hashmap on Tap host Kelly Kohlleffel is joined by Tristan Mayer, Co-Founder and CEO of Castor. Castor is a SaaS solution helping make data more trusted and useable through data discovery - think a Google search for enterprise data. Over coffee, the two discuss how Castor was started, the unique way they approach data discovery and cataloging, and where they are going in this red-hot data world.

Hashmap Cloud & Data Engineers, David Hrncir and Chinmayee Lakkad, give their thoughts on semi-structured data ingestion focusing on automated schema detection and creation. Check out this episode and gain a bit more flexibility with how you approach the data ingestion process and your ever-evolving datasets. 

Born out of customer need, Airbyte connects businesses to their data in an open-source data integration platform. Michel Tricot, Co-Founder and CEO at Airbyte, joins Hashmap on Tap host, Kelly Kohlleffel, to fill us in on how Airbyte started, how they operate, and their incredible community on Slack. 

Tristan Handy is the Founder and CEO at dbt Labs, a company that pioneered the practice of analytics engineering, and today supports a community of over 16,000 data practitioners committed to changing how data teams work together. Join Tristan and Kelly over a kombucha as they discuss how dbt Labs started, where they are today, and how they built such a large community of data practitioners. 

Oliver Hughes is Co-Founder and CEO at Count, a SQL Notebook that's a combination SQL editor, story-telling notebook, and visualization engine for cloud data platforms. Count is designed to create the best possible workflow across users for SQL analysis. Join Oliver and Kelly over a beer as they discuss how Count started, where they are today, how it fits into a modern data stack, and how companies are benefiting from it.