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When AI needs to think faster, the architecture beneath it matters more than ever. Val Cook, Chief Software Architect at Blaize, joins The AI Forecast to unpack how today’s AI systems demand more than raw compute, but more adaptable infrastructure. He and host Paul Muller explore the critical intersection of hardware and software, the growing importance of data flow machines, and the limits of traditional architectures in real-time environments.

Apache Iceberg unlocks the complex time travel requirements and intensive data validation needs that Affirm has as a financial company. Iceberg's write-once / read-anywhere paradigm simplifies Affirm’s governance by minimizing existing data sets — ensuring there is only ever one logical copy of a given data set, complete with a validation history, and tag-based time travel watermarks. This presentation recorded at Summit 2025 provides detail on the the way Affirm leverages Snowflake’s Open Catalog to power our Iceberg implementation, solving both operational and analytic challenges in the business.

How can you make data complexity a thing of the past? How can your business shift from data chaos to data-driven innovation?

Discover how finance teams can move beyond static reporting with predictive intelligence! In this masterclass preview, see how your team can evolve into proactive advisors by leveraging leading indicators and predictive insights. Watch our Week Three Masterclass and dive deeper with the full blog: “Beyond Financial Statements: Building Predictive Intelligence” for strategies to revolutionize your finance workflows.

Geospatial data is a powerful tool for gaining insights into everything from customer behavior to environmental patterns. BigQuery allows you to store and analyze this location data using standard SQL, and bringing that data into a Colab notebook gives you the flexibility to combine BigQuery's power with popular Python visualization libraries. This approach is perfect for ad-hoc or iterative analysis. In this video, we'll give you an overview of these capabilities and walk through a demo of how you can analyze and visualize your geospatial data.

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