or BI, refers to tools such as Tableau and Apache Superset – platforms that allow organisations to build visual dashboards and reports from their data. These tools are widely used across the industry and considered standard practice.

Plata is questioning that assumption. The emergence of large language models – the AI systems that underpin tools like ChatGPT and Claude – has led Ivan to reconsider how analysts interact with data entirely. Rather than building fixed dashboards in dedicated BI platforms, analysts would instead use AI tools to generate bespoke visualisations

The warehouse now underpins the vast majority of the company’ s data processes

Plata’ s internal AI agent currently handles one in five of incoming questions