All Data and AI Weekly #210: 6 Oct 2025

#210: 6 Oct 2025

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NiFi + AI + AI Data Cloud + Iceberg.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataEngineeringForAI/hot/

Monthly NYC and Youtube Events

https://lu.ma/PINSAI

Code and Open Source Projects

https://github.com/tspannhw/TrafficAI/tree/main/Agents

https://github.com/tspannhw/conferences

World Tour NYC 2025

https://www.snowflake.com/en/world-tour/nyc/agenda/

What a great event on Thursday at the Javits North. There were so many cool partners like my friends Hex, Qlik, E&Y, Sigma, dbtLabs, Hakkoda, phData, Microsoft Azure and Astronomer.

So many interesting questions at the SnowBooth.

My talk with Ram from JetBlue was awesome. All Lakehouse together. Open while managed, this is the way.

After a long day we had to say goodbye for now to the Data Nation.

Managed MCP Servers

https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/managed-mcp-servers-secure-data-agents/

https://quickstarts.snowflake.com/guide/getting-started-with-snowflake-mcp-server/index.html

https://www.snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-unveils-cortex-ai-for-financial-services--enterprise-ready-ai-built-to-scale/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nifi-mcp-server-natural-language-interface-apache-kevin-talbert-berke/?trackingId=tYYZin3hIXzHNx2J%2BEuiBA%3D%3D

⭐ Spotlight: Activate Your Snowflake Data with AI Agents in 20 Minutes

This week's major highlight is the new capability to empower AI agents with secure access to your Snowflake data assets. By leveraging Snowflake's Managed MCP Server and Cortex Agents, you can build applications that allow both technical and non-technical users to interact with your data through natural language. This significantly accelerates data-driven decision-making and unlocks new possibilities for intelligent applications.

Dive Deeper:

Official Docs: Snowflake Managed MCP Server
Use Case: How Cortex AI is Transforming Financial Services
Event Agenda: Snowflake BUILD Americas Agenda
Latest AI Models: Claude 3 Sonnet 4.5 in Snowflake Cortex AI
Snowflake Intelligence Snowflake Intelligence

🚀 Industry News & Updates

Apache Iceberg Releases Specification v3
The Apache Iceberg project has released its v3 specification, introducing new features and improvements for managing massive analytics datasets. This is a significant step forward for open table formats.

Read the Spec: Apache Iceberg Specification v3
Explore Metadata: Check out this Open Table Format Metadata Viewer on GitHub.
Snowflake Blog: Metadata Explorer for Open Table Formats

Anthropic Announces Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Anthropic has launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet, setting new industry standards for intelligence, speed, and cost-effectiveness.

Read the Announcement: Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Google Cloud Announces Agents to Payments API
A new development in the payment space, Google Cloud has announced a new protocol for agent-based payment systems.