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Fivetran outlines an open, AI ready data strategy for Microsoft Fabric
For developersNovember 9, 2026, 17:17

Fivetran outlines an open, AI ready data strategy for Microsoft Fabric

Fivetran and dbt Labs have outlined an open data strategy for organizations building analytics and AI systems on Microsoft Fabric. The approach combines Azure storage…

Fivetran study finds coding model price is a poor value guide
ResearchNovember 9, 2026, 17:02

Fivetran study finds coding model price is a poor value guide

A blinded Fivetran study of 39 engineers found that paying substantially more for an OpenAI coding model produced only a modest preference advantage in everyday software…

Fivetran Named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Data Integration Report
BusinessNovember 4, 2026, 17:15

Fivetran Named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 Data Integration Report

Fivetran has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools, according to the company. The recognition is Fivetran’s seventh…

Fivetran and dbt Labs set out 5 public policy principles for data and AI
BusinessOctober 29, 2026, 16:56

Fivetran and dbt Labs set out 5 public policy principles for data and AI

Fivetran + dbt Labs has published a five-point public policy framework for data and AI, arguing that policy debates about AI should give as much attention to the data…

dbt Labs: Semantic Layer Lifts AI Analyst Accuracy to 96-100% in Benchmark
For developersOctober 27, 2026, 18:46

dbt Labs: Semantic Layer Lifts AI Analyst Accuracy to 96-100% in Benchmark

A model answering questions through a semantic layer scored 96 to 100% accuracy in a dbt Labs benchmark, compared with 80 to 91% when it wrote raw SQL against a database…

EF Education First scores dbt models on cost and value with a Cortex Agent
Products and toolsOctober 27, 2026, 17:44

EF Education First scores dbt models on cost and value with a Cortex Agent

EF Education First built a scoring system on dbt and Snowflake that rates every model by cost and usage, and wrapped it in a Snowflake Cortex Agent that its domain teams…

dbt Wizard AI agent shows data impact as a DAG, not a diff
Products and toolsOctober 26, 2026, 23:07

dbt Wizard AI agent shows data impact as a DAG, not a diff

dbt Labs is pitching dbt Wizard as an AI agent built specifically for analytics engineering, one that validates every change against a development schema and shows its…

dbt Labs tests context engineering: dbt MCP cut AI skill cost 48.5%
ResearchOctober 26, 2026, 17:39

dbt Labs tests context engineering: dbt MCP cut AI skill cost 48.5%

dbt Labs says serving an engineered summary of Gong call transcripts through its dbt MCP server cut cost by 48.5% and run time by 43.2% compared with pulling full…

Firecrawl Explains How Data Connectors Let AI Agents Reach Third-Party Data
Products and toolsOctober 21, 2026

Firecrawl Explains How Data Connectors Let AI Agents Reach Third-Party Data

Firecrawl has published a guide to data connectors for AI agents, arguing that agents need to query outside sources on demand rather than wait for scheduled syncs. The…

Fivetran and dbt Labs Pitch Open Data Infrastructure as the Base for Agentic Consulting
BusinessSeptember 28, 2026, 23:22

Fivetran and dbt Labs Pitch Open Data Infrastructure as the Base for Agentic Consulting

AI agents are shrinking the hours behind consulting deliverables, and a Fivetran blog post by dbt Labs executive Daniel Bradbury argues that the services opportunity…