E031 – Data Collaboration with Cursor

Learn about Cursor, a new platform for collaboration around data, hosted platforms and BI artifacts. I sat down with Adam Weinstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Cursor, to learn about the platform. About Cursor Cursor offers a data search and analytics hub that makes disparate data accessible and actionable, enabling technical and business users alike to effortlessly get answers, collaborate and gain insights. Founded by a trio of data leaders from Salesforce, LinkedIn, and Pandora, Cursor’s easy-to-deploy software has been adopted by teams at Apple, Atlassian, Deloitte, Incedo, LinkedIn, NovumRx, and Slack. Cursor is based in San Francisco, CA. Cursor Press https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/cursor-looks-to-build-a-search-tool-for-any-internal-database-with-2m-in-new-funding/ https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-weinstein-linkedin-cursor-2018-7 Topics: What is Adam’s background? How BI has evolved over the past 10-20 years. What some of the most pressing challenges are for organizations today? What should people being doing today, outside of a specific tool, to get better at collaborating? How can Cursor help with those challenges? How is content secured on the platform? (separating data from metadata) Where can people find out more about Cursor? What’s next for Cursor as far as features or a roadmap? What are some tools that Adam can’t live without in your daily work? Music: Deep Sky Blue by Graphiqs Groove via FreeMusicArchive.org