2026 Data Trends: Everything You Need To Know
Watch Sifflet CEO Salma Bakouk reveal the 7 predictions reshaping data infrastructure—and what data leaders must do now to stay ahead.
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In 2026, the data stack will do more than evolve - it’ll collapse and rebuild around AI. Open table formats are winning, metadata is becoming the battleground, and the era of 50 disconnected tools is ending fast. But the biggest shift is operational: observability moves from dashboards and 2am war rooms to autonomous agents that detect, reason, and resolve issues in minutes - tied directly to business impact.
Join us for this webinar as Salma Bakouk (CEO, Sifflet) breaks down the 7 biggest Data & AI predictions shaping the next infrastructure wave - and what data leaders need to do now to avoid getting left behind.
The cost of attending? 30 minutes.
The cost of missing it? Building on a foundation that's already cracking.
Speaker
Salma Bakouk is the CEO and co-founder of Sifflet, the leading holistic data observability platform. Since launching the company in 2021, she has been dedicated to building trust in data for her clients. With deep expertise in developing scalable data pipelines and implementing advanced analytics solutions, Salma has positioned Sifflet as a frontrunner in the data observability space. Before founding Sifflet, she served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where she honed her skills in managing complex data and analytics projects.
What You'll Learn
- The End of 50-Tool Data Stacks: Why the era of disconnected data tools is ending fast—and what's replacing them.
- Open Table Formats Are Winning: How open formats are becoming the new foundation for modern data architecture.
- Metadata as the New Battleground: Why metadata will determine your competitive advantage in 2026.
- From War Rooms to Autonomous Agents: How observability is shifting from reactive dashboards to proactive AI systems.
- Business Impact-Driven Observability: Why technical metrics alone aren't enough—connecting data quality to business outcomes.
- The AI-First Data Stack: How AI is fundamentally reshaping data infrastructure from the ground up.
- What Data Leaders Must Do Now: Concrete actions to take today to avoid getting left behind in the infrastructure shift.
Key Takeaways
- The data stack is collapsing and rebuilding around AI—this isn't incremental change, it's architectural
- Observability is evolving from reactive monitoring to autonomous agents that detect, reason, and resolve issues in minutes
- Open table formats and metadata management will separate leaders from laggards in 2026
- The teams who master these shifts early will define the industry; the rest will spend the year catching up
Speaker
Salma Bakouk is the CEO and co-founder of Sifflet, the leading holistic data observability platform. Since launching the company in 2021, she has been dedicated to building trust in data for her clients. With deep expertise in developing scalable data pipelines and implementing advanced analytics solutions, Salma has positioned Sifflet as a frontrunner in the data observability space. Before founding Sifflet, she served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where she honed her skills in managing complex data and analytics projects.
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