Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of April 25; Updates from Alteryx, AnswerRocket, Ocient & More
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Tim King
, Executive Editor at Solutions Review - Business Intelligence News,
Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable analytics and data science news for the week of April 25, 2025.
Keeping tabs on all the most relevant analytics and data science news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy analytics and data science news items.
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Analytics and Data Science News for the Week of April 25, 2025
AnswerRocket is Set to Acquire Cognitive Spark
AnswerRocket’s expanded capabilities address this challenge through agentic AI solutions that solve critical business problems and deliver actionable insights. Cognitive Spark’s expertise will enable AnswerRocket to create and deploy intelligent AI agents that automate complex data science routines for various use cases.
Cube Unveils New Conversational AI Apps for Slack & Teams
Now, finance professionals can query and analyze financial and operational data using natural language—all without leaving the tools they already rely on. The chat-native apps extend Cube’s growing suite of AI-powered capabilities designed to accelerate how FP&A is transforming and eliminate the friction of traditional workflows.
Databricks Announces April ’25 Updates to AI/BI
If you’re new to AI/BI, it’s a fully integrated suite of Business Intelligence capabilities within Databricks SQL that requires no additional licenses, so be sure to check it out today. AI/BI allows users to explore, analyze, and share insights effortlessly across the entire organization without managing licenses, data extracts or a shadow data warehouse.
Microsoft Announces Mobile Optimized Report Layouts & More in April ’25 Power BI Feature Summary
There are a lot of exciting features this month, including mobile optimized report layouts, the best way to view data in the general availability of Power BI mobile apps, editing your semantic models with TMDL (Preview), and improved layouts for live editing semantic models.
Ocient Closes $132 Million Series B Funding Round
Ocient recently launched its first named solution, the Data Retention and Disclosure System for telecommunications, which enables service providers to meet lawful disclosure requirements far below the mandated timeframes, and for significantly less cost and energy.
Qlik Gains Momentum in AWS Cloud MidEast Region
With governments and enterprises rapidly scaling AI initiatives, the ability to control, process, and analyze data within national borders is a necessity. The new cloud region enables businesses across critical industries such as finance, healthcare, energy, and the public sector to operate with real-time intelligence, lower latency, and full regulatory confidence.
Starburst Names New SVP of Engineering Jitender Aswani
Aswani joins Starburst with a proven track record of engineering leadership at some of the world’s most innovative technology companies. Most recently, he was Vice President of Engineering at StarTree, where he led engineering strategy and execution for distributed, multi-cloud real-time analytics platforms. He also served as the acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), overseeing the company’s security strategy and operations.
Tableau Introduces New Add-On for Google Workspace
Until now, organizations using Tableau and Google Workspace had to switch between different applications regularly. Exporting and updating visualizations significantly slowed down the work process. With this new integration, Tableau aims to end this inefficient way of working.
ThoughtSpot Updates ‘AI Analyst’ Spotter
Any analysis starts off with a question—and before you even have your first question, Spotter gives you some places to start. Whether on your desktop or on your phone, Spotter provides a set of curated questions that help you get an understanding of your data.
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AI Won’t Replace You, But Lack of Soft Skills Might: Insight Jam Set to Host Skiilify’s Paula Caligiuri, PhD and Intelligent Automation Leader Doug Shannon on May 1
Join us for a special virtual event as we unveil the results of Skiilify’s newest study: AI Won’t Replace You—But Lack of Soft Skills Might. Based on insights from 217 tech professionals, the survey reveals a growing skills gap in resilience, curiosity, tolerance of ambiguity, and other core competencies that are critical for success in an AI-driven world.
Solutions Review On-Location – What to Expect at Safe Software’s The Peak of Data and AI 2025 May 6-8
The Peak of Data and AI is the premier event for data and AI innovators, hosted by the creators of FME—the only All-Data, Any-AI Platform. Over three transformative days, you’ll explore the power of data integration and AI. From creating workflows to building AI agents, data integration and AI drive efficiency and deliver unprecedented insights.
Solutions Review Set to Host Alteryx for Exclusive Show on How Fueling AI Starts With Your Data on May 21
In this webinar, we’ll show how Alteryx empowers business users to access, prepare, and analyze data directly within platforms like Databricks or Snowflake—no code required and full governance intact. You’ll see how to go from raw data to AI-ready in minutes, not months.
NEW by SR Expert @ Insight Jam Samir Sharma: Why Most Data & AI ‘Best Practices’ Are Just Expensive Mistakes in Disguise
There is one thing I’ve often noticed about the phrase, is this, most of what’s touted as a best practice in the world of data and AI is nothing more than a well-dressed mistake. Even worse, it’s often someone else’s mistake, packaged, dressed up and marketed, sold to everyone as THE gospel.
On-Demand: SR Expert @ Insight Jam Bob Eve Previews the Exclusive April 18 Jam Session: Is it Time to Rethink How we Connect Our Data & Apps?
Given the changing landscape and the opportunities new technologies and use cases afford, IT leaders must continuously evaluate and improve how their organizations connect their data and applications. To give you a head start on this initiative, we have brought together four experts on Friday, April 18, 2025, Insight Jam Session: Connections: Fun in the New York Times, Essential for Evolving Analytics and AI Apps.
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Tim King
Executive Editor
Tim is Solutions Review's Executive Editor and leads coverage on data management and analytics. A 2017 and 2018 Most Influential Business Journalist and 2021 "Who's Who" in Data Management, Tim is a recognized industry thought leader and changemaker. Story? Reach him via email at tking@solutionsreview dot com.
