AI and the data lake (w/ Lauren Anderson)
An episode of the The Analytics Engineering Podcast podcast, hosted by dbt Labs, Inc., titled "AI and the data lake (w/ Lauren Anderson)" was published on January 11, 2026 and runs 53 minutes.
January 11, 2026 ·53m · The Analytics Engineering Podcast
Episode Description
Tristan talks with Lauren Anderson, Senior Director for Okta's Enterprise Data Platform. Lauren shares how identity sits at the center of two seismic shifts in data—AI agents and the open data lake—and why central governance and a shared semantic layer are critical. Lauren lays out how analytics engineers and data engineers should divide responsibilities as agents begin to write a growing share of analytical queries.
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