CTO Sam Pierson explains how Qlik’s associative engine and agentic AI are transforming the way businesses uncover insights and what’s next on the data frontier.

Topics Include:

• Qlik is a 30-year-old data analytics and AI company with global customers.
• Qlik's associative engine surfaces insights from data you aren't even examining.
• A paper manufacturer optimized supply chain routing and navigated tariff complexity.
• Generative AI can't easily query databases — Qlik's engine bridges that gap.
• Qlik built an agentic layer enabling natural language conversations with your data.
• MCP integration lets users access Qlik insights directly from tools like Claude Desktop.
• Qlik runs entirely on AWS, with global regions built around local compliance requirements.
• The AWS partnership prioritizes mutual success over transactional service relationships.
• Agents will mature in 2026; some agentic bets will succeed, others will be refactored.
• Fine-tuned, smaller language models will grow in importance alongside larger ones.
• AI adoption requires restructuring workflows end-to-end, from product spec to go-to-market.
• Qlik is hiring for curiosity and agency — people who experiment without waiting for permission.

Participants:

• Sam Pierson – Chief Technology Officer, Qlik

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