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Agentic Data & Analytics Bootcamp

January 28 & 29

9 am - 2 pm PST | 12 pm - 5 pm EST

Join us at the Agentic Data & Analytics Bootcamp—a two-day, free, hands-on learning experience designed to help you master the skills that matter in 2026.

What you'll learn:

• Build and deploy AI agents for data workflows
• Implement agentic data engineering strategies
• Learn best practices from industry experts and peers

Whether you're exploring AI agents for the first time or looking to sharpen your skills, this bootcamp gives you the practical experience to start the year ahead of the curve.

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🔦 Community Spotlight 🔦

⚒️ Build with us ⚒️

Hands on Lab: Build API Ingestion Pipelines with AI Agents

December 17, 2025

10 am PST | 1 pm  EST

Build Smarter Data Pipelines with AI. Join us for a live, hands-on lab where you'll learn how to build & manage API data pipelines using AI agents. We'll walk through real-world examples, show you how to handle authentication, rate limiting, and data transformation—with agentic assistance.

What you'll do:

• Build automated API ingestion pipelines
• Deploy pipelines into production
• Explore how agents can handle errors intelligently

This is a working session—bring your questions, follow along as we code, and leave with a real prompts and tools you can use with your own pipelines.

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📺 Catch the Replay 📺

Hands on Lab: Agentic Data Engineering on MotherDuck

Instant Replay

This 45-minute hands-on lab walks you through building end-to-end data pipelines on MotherDuck, deploying agents to automate operations, and implementing best practices for production workflows. Watch the replay for hands-on experience with two of the most powerful tools in modern data engineering.

Check it out →

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🚀 The latest launch 🚀

We're Proud to Announce:
Agentic Data Engineering for Startups

Move Fast. Scale Smart.

Building a startup means every engineering hour counts. Agentic Data Engineering gives you enterprise-grade data infrastructure without the enterprise overhead—so you can ship faster, scale intelligently, and focus on what actually moves your business forward. Plus, eligible teams receive up to $30,000 in free credits to get started.

Built for startups that need to:

• Get data pipelines running in minutes, not months
• Reduce engineering time spent on data maintenance
• Deploy AI-powered automation without a massive data team

Stop wasting cycles on data plumbing. Start building the product your customers actually want.

Learn more →

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📚 Resources to Revisit 📚

Opinionated Data Platforms vs. Open-Source

This post by Simon Späti breaks down why the "build vs. buy" debate isn't as simple as it seems.This is your roadmap for making smarter platform decisions.

Read the blog →

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Smart Schema Management

Schema changes shouldn't break your pipelines. This deep dive explores how intelligent schema management can eliminate the midnight alerts, manual fixes, and downstream chaos that come with evolving data structures.

Read the blog →

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2026 is right around the corner, and it's shaping up to be a big year for data engineering. Whether you're diving into AI agents, leveling up your skills at the bootcamp, or finally automating that process you've been putting off—we're here to help you make it happen.

Here's to starting the year strong!

Until next time,

The Ascend Team

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