Agentic Analytics & Data Platform Buildout
Want to chat with your data with an AI data analyst? We'll help your AI agent understand the data in your warehouse and how to respond to your business users' plain English questions. Don't have a data warehouse? We can set that up, too.
Your engagement gets
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Architecture
We'll set up your AI-powered BI tool and data warehouse if you don't already have one.
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Context Layer
Semantic layer + skills for optimal speed and accuracy on analytical questions.
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Evals
Run your custom testing suite to confirm your agent answers questions correctly.
Who is agentic analytics for?
Situations where we can help you with agentic analytics.
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You're running Claude directly on top of your data
You have context layer and accuracy problems. We can fix that.
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You have an existing warehouse but no AI
Your stakeholders want to query via MCP without the data team. Give it to them.
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You're just starting out
It's faster than ever to get off the ground, especially when you're designing with AI agents in mind.
How does an agentic analytics engagement work?
Length of each step will depend on size and scope of engagement.
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Discovery
We meet with your team and fully understand the problem.
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Set the strategy
We propose the strategy and get sign off before building.
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Implementation
We build your AI data analyst and quickly get it in front of your team to refine.
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Training and handoff
We train your team on how to maintain the AI data analyst so your internal champions can keep the momentum.
Is agentic analytics right for you?
Cases where we think you should hold off for now.
- You don't have and don't want a data warehouse.
- Your data questions are all neatly answered by your current set of dashboards.
- Your data inaccuracies stem from bad data in business systems and you need to clean that up first.
Case Studies
See how we've delivered results for our clients.
Implementing agentic analytics at Disco
AI agents need context. We provided Disco's Hex AI agents with the right context to power self-service analytics.
71 → 158 chats per week, within 6 weeks
"Jacob made key contributions to our dbt project and Hex agentic analytics instance early and often in our engagement. He was agile and unafraid to tackle unfamiliar problems."
Head of Data & ML at Disco Your project leader
Founder and Principal, Riverboat Consulting
Before starting Riverboat, Jacob was the first data hire at Dutchie and later held senior- and staff-level roles at brightwheel and Future. He's presented at the dbt Coalesce conference and written for the Locally Optimistic data blog. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.
Questions about agentic analytics
What is agentic analytics?
Agentic analytics is the use of AI agents to answer data questions asked in plain English.
Why can't I just give Claude access to my data warehouse?
This is great for a demo but without the right context layer and harness, your agent will confidently spit out the wrong answers.
Why can't I have Claude pull data from each of my business systems when I have a question?
You'll burn more tokens doing this with repetitive calls and get worse accuracy without the right SOP in place.
How will I know if my agent is actually giving correct answers?
We'll build out a suite of "evals" that test how the agent responds to frequently asked or trick questions.
Do we need a data warehouse first?
No. We can help you set up your data warehouse and work with all major options including Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift.
Do we need a semantic layer?
Yes, the semantic layer is one of the most important parts of a successful AI data analyst. We can help you set it up if you don't have one, and work with all the big players including dbt, Cube, Snowflake, Databricks, and Hex.
Will this replace our data analysts?
No, this frees up your analysts from ad hoc questions so they can work on high-leverage projects for your business.
Related services
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AI Implementation Consulting
We'll help you set up proprietary AI agents and chatbots that know your business, with the right security, guardrails, and system prompts in place.
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AI Workflow Automation
Do you feel like your team is doing too many things manually or in spreadsheets? You probably are. We'll help you save time and money by automating these recurring tasks with agentic workflows that you own.
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