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Featured Image - Performance Analytics: Metrics, Use Cases, and Business Impact Explained
Analytics
Performance Analytics: Metrics, Use Cases, and Business Impact Explained
Ashley Sherrick · May 18, 2026
Featured Image - 7 Best Data Analytics Tools for Tech Industry Ranked and Reviewed
Analytics
7 Best Data Analytics Tools for Tech Industry Ranked and Reviewed
Ashley Sherrick · May 16, 2026
Announcing: Self-learning
Company
Announcing: Self-learning
Ryan Janssen · May 13, 2026
PowerPoint artifact rendered by Zenlytic
Product
Artifacts vs. Dashboards
Paul Blankley · May 11, 2026
Retail Analytics for Enterprise: Use Cases, Metrics, and Strategy
Product
Retail Analytics for Enterprise: Use Cases, Metrics, and Strategy
Greg Peters · April 9, 2026
10 Best AI Analytics for Real-Time Data Ranked by Use Case and Performance
Product
10 Best AI Analytics for Real-Time Data Ranked by Use Case and Performance
Ashley Sherrick · March 19, 2026
Retail Business Intelligence Strategy Blueprint for Data-Led Retail Performance
Product
Retail Business Intelligence Strategy Blueprint for Data-Led Retail Performance
Ashley Sherrick · March 18, 2026
7 Retail Analytics Solutions That Increase Revenue, Margin, and Demand Accuracy
Product
7 Retail Analytics Solutions That Increase Revenue, Margin, and Demand Accuracy
Ashley Sherrick · March 18, 2026
Can Data Analytics Reduce Costs in Manufacturing Plants? ROI Factors + Tools
Product
Can Data Analytics Reduce Costs in Manufacturing Plants? ROI Factors + Tools
Ashley Sherrick · March 18, 2026
Predictive Analytics in the Manufacturing Industry: Use Cases, Benefits, and More
Manufacturing
Predictive Analytics in the Manufacturing Industry: Use Cases, Benefits, and More
Ashley Sherrick · March 18, 2026
What is Snowflake Cortex? Full Breakdown for Analytics and AI Teams
Product
What is Snowflake Cortex? Full Breakdown for Analytics and AI Teams
Ashley Sherrick · March 10, 2026
Manufacturing Data Analytics Guide: Software, Use Cases, FAQs and More
Product
Manufacturing Data Analytics Guide: Software, Use Cases, FAQs and More
Ashley Sherrick · March 10, 2026
Retail Predictive Analytics Trends: What's Changing and Why It Matters
Product
Retail Predictive Analytics Trends: What’s Changing and Why It Matters
Ashley Sherrick · March 5, 2026
Introducing Artifacts: living documents that refresh, evolve, and never go stale
Product
Introducing Artifacts: living documents that refresh, evolve, and never go stale
Ryan Janssen · March 5, 2026
How Predictive Analytics Improves Inventory Planning and Demand Forecasting
Product
How Predictive Analytics Improves Inventory Planning and Demand Forecasting
Ashley Sherrick · March 3, 2026
What is Snowflake Intelligence and Why Data Teams Are Paying Attention
Product
What is Snowflake Intelligence and Why Data Teams Are Paying Attention
Ashley Sherrick · February 26, 2026
What is Databricks AI/BI Genie? Features, Use Cases, and Benefits
Product
What is Databricks AI/BI Genie? Features, Use Cases, and Benefits
Ashley Sherrick · February 23, 2026
Product
Introducing Web Search: real-time intelligence meets your private data
Paul Blankley · February 20, 2026
It's 2026. Why aren't we all using analytics agents?
Product
It’s 2026. Why aren’t we all using analytics agents?
Ryan Janssen · February 19, 2026
Don't just index tables. Index queries.
Engineering
Don’t just index tables. Index queries.
Ryan Janssen · February 19, 2026
Featured Image - 6 Best ThoughtSpot Competitors: Features, Tradeoffs, and Use Cases
Product
6 Best ThoughtSpot Competitors: Features, Tradeoffs, and Use Cases
Ashley Sherrick · February 18, 2026
Featured Image - ThoughtSpot vs. Tableau (vs. Zenlytic): Which BI Tool is Best For You?
Product
ThoughtSpot vs. Tableau (vs. Zenlytic): Which BI Tool is Best For You?
Ashley Sherrick · February 17, 2026
How Does Predictive Analytics Improve Retail Sales and Customer Experience?
Product
How Does Predictive Analytics Improve Retail Sales and Customer Experience?
Ashley Sherrick · January 30, 2026
7 Best Retail Predictive Analysis Tools Ranked and Reviewed
Product
7 Best Retail Predictive Analysis Tools Ranked and Reviewed
Ashley Sherrick · January 29, 2026
Featured Image - Top 7 Self-Service BI Tools for Reporting, Dashboards, Insights, and More
Product
Top 7 Self-Service BI Tools for Reporting, Dashboards, Insights, and More
Ashley Sherrick · January 28, 2026
Self-Service BI vs. Traditional BI: Which Model Scales Better?
Product
Self-Service BI vs. Traditional BI: Which Model Scales Better?
Ashley Sherrick · January 25, 2026
AI in Business Intelligence: Use Cases, Benefits, and Future
Product
AI in Business Intelligence: Use Cases, Benefits, and Future
Ashley Sherrick · January 24, 2026
How Does Databricks Genie Enhance AI and BI Workflows?
Product
How Does Databricks Genie Enhance AI and BI Workflows?
Ashley Sherrick · January 23, 2026
AI Retail Data Analytics: Use Cases, Benefits, and Implementation
Product
AI Retail Data Analytics: Use Cases, Benefits, and Implementation
Ashley Sherrick · January 21, 2026
What Is Self-Service Analytics
Product
What is Self-Service Analytics? Features, Benefits, and Use Cases
Ashley Sherrick · January 13, 2026
Top 7 Benefits of Self-Service Analytics You Should Know
Analytics
Top 7 Benefits of Self-Service Analytics You Should Know
Ashley Sherrick · January 12, 2026
10 Best Self-Service Analytics Tools Compared: What to Pick and Why
Product
10 Best Self-Service Analytics Tools Compared: What to Pick and Why
Ashley Sherrick · January 9, 2026
What Features to Look For in an Enterprise Analytics Platform
Product
What Features to Look For in an Enterprise Analytics Platform
Zenlytic · January 5, 2026
8 Best Conversational Analytics Software Every Business Should Try
Product
8 Best Conversational Analytics Software Every Business Should Try
Ashley Sherrick · January 2, 2026
How Enterprise Data Analytics Improves Decision-Making with Analytics Agents
Product
How Enterprise Data Analytics Improves Decision-Making with Analytics Agents
Ashley Sherrick · January 1, 2026
Data Analytics Agent: Benefits, Use Cases, Tools, and More
Product
Data Analytics Agent: Benefits, Use Cases, Tools, and More
Ashley Sherrick · December 31, 2025
Top 5 Manufacturing Data Analytics Software Ranked and Reviewed
Manufacturing
Top 5 Manufacturing Data Analytics Software Ranked and Reviewed
Ashley Sherrick · December 30, 2025
What is Conversational Analytics? Benefits, Use Cases, and How It Works
Product
What is Conversational Analytics? Benefits, Use Cases, and How It Works
Ashley Sherrick · December 29, 2025
AI Agent for Data Analysis: Key Features, Use Cases, and Benefits
Product
AI Agent for Data Analysis: Key Features, Use Cases, and Benefits
Ashley Sherrick · December 26, 2025
How Zenlytic Invented Proactive Analytics (Accidentally at First)
Product
How Zenlytic Invented Proactive Analytics (Accidentally at First)
Ryan Janssen · November 19, 2025
Why Traditional Business Intelligence Will Go the Way of BlackBerry
Product
Why Traditional Business Intelligence Will Go the Way of BlackBerry
Greg Peters · October 30, 2025
Traditional BI tools like Tableau, Power BI, and Looker improved data accessibility but not how businesses make decisions. Learn how AI-native analytics like Zenlytic break the Einstein Loop with true intelligent analytics.
Product
Business Intelligence and the Einstein Loop: Breaking Free from the Same Old, Same Old
John Jensen · October 28, 2025
From dashboards to intelligent analytics, BI is evolving fast. Discover how Zenlytic's AI architecture breaks the 30% adoption ceiling for good.
Product
The Purpose-Built Advantage: Why Zenlytic Is Winning the Intelligent Analytics Revolution
Greg Peters · October 27, 2025
Why the Future of AI Analytics Is Multi-Model - and Zoë Is Leading the Way
Product
Why the Future of AI Analytics Is Multi-Model – and Zoë Is Leading the Way
Paul Blankley · October 24, 2025
The Hidden Trap of AI Analytics Platforms
Product
The Hidden Trap of AI Analytics Platforms: Why You Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Governance and Flexibility
John Jensen · October 23, 2025
How Intelligent Analytics is different from old school BI
Analytics
How Intelligent Analytics is different from old school BI
Paul Blankley · October 22, 2025
Reporting vs Analytics — Rethinking the purpose of data work
Product
Reporting vs Analytics
Ryan Janssen · October 20, 2025
Conversations as the Default Interface for Analytics
Analytics
How AI Conversational Interfaces Are Revolutionizing Self-Service Analytics
Ryan Janssen · October 15, 2025
Zenlytic FAQ explaining how its transparent AI analytics platform builds trust through the Clarity Engine, Memories, and governance, empowering businesses with explainable, consistent, and auditable insights.
Product
Zenlytic FAQ: Intelligent Analytics You Can Trust
Ashley Sherrick · October 10, 2025
From Data Chaos to Clarity, Meet Clarity Admin
Product
From Data Chaos to Clarity, Meet Clarity Admin
Paul Blankley · October 9, 2025
Product
Tired of LLMs Giving Different Answers to the Same Question? Meet Memories: The End of Inconsistent Analytics
Ryan Janssen · October 8, 2025
Zenlytic Is Not a Black Box: Transparent AI Your Whole Team Can Trust
Product
Zenlytic Is Not a Black Box: Transparent AI Your Whole Team Can Trust
Ryan Janssen · October 7, 2025
Hot Take: The Companies That Will Dominate Tomorrow Aren't Building Dashboards
Product
Hot Take: The Companies That Will Dominate Tomorrow Aren’t Building Dashboards
John Jensen · October 6, 2025
Illustration comparing rigid semantic layers that restrict exploration versus Zenlytic's Clarity Engine, which provides transparent, explainable AI analytics for trusted insights.
Product
Why Semantic Layers Aren’t as Safe as You Think
Paul Blankley · October 5, 2025
AI data analyst Zoë from Zenlytic explaining SQL logic and metric definitions, showing how transparency builds trust in AI-powered analytics.
Product
Why AI Analysts Don’t Fail at SQL, They Fail at Trust
Paul Blankley · October 4, 2025
Why Explainability Is the Key to Trusting AI in Data Analytics
Product
Why Explainability Is the Key to Trusting AI in Data Analytics
Paul Blankley · October 3, 2025
Comparison of CPU innovation and AI scaling: from stalled clock speeds and multi-core breakthroughs to today's AI frontier, with Zenlytic's Zoë ensuring consistent, trustworthy data analytics.
Product
What a 2005 Desktop CPU Can Teach Us About AI’s Future
Ryan Janssen · October 2, 2025
Why Consistency Matters More Than Intelligence in Data Analytics
Product
Why Consistency Matters More Than Intelligence in Data Analytics
Ryan Janssen · October 1, 2025
Branch Furniture and Zenlytic
Product
How Branch Furniture Transformed Data Chaos into Clarity with Zenlytic
Ashley Sherrick · September 22, 2025
The Clarity Engine
Product
The Flexibility of SQL Meets the Trust of a Semantic Model: Introducing the Clarity Engine
Ryan Janssen · August 20, 2025
Product Launch
Introducing The Clarity Engine
Zenlytic Team · August 12, 2025
Zenlytic at Snowflake Summit 2025 Recap: Live from San Francisco
Product
Zenlytic at Snowflake Summit 2025 Recap: Live from San Francisco
Ashley Sherrick · June 13, 2025
The Zenlytic web interface is shown with Zoë's chat input window at the bottom and a resulting stacked bar chart displayed prominently in video. The interaction reflects a smooth AI-driven data exploration experience, highlighting how users can bypass traditional dashboard tools.
Product
Product Update: Zoë has New Plotting Superpowers
Zenlytic · April 17, 2025
Intelligent Workflows — complex workflow view
Product
Introducing Intelligent ✨ Workflows: Data workflows powered by an AI data coworker
Zenlytic · April 9, 2025
Zenlytic Achieves Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery Designation
Product
Zenlytic Achieves Google Cloud Ready – BigQuery Designation
Rich Taylor · April 8, 2025
Meet Zoë from Data Science Connect GenAI Demo Day
Product
Meet Zoë from Data Science Connect GenAI Demo Day
Rich Taylor · March 28, 2025
Stop waterfall data development
Product
Stop waterfall data development
Ryan Janssen · February 27, 2025
Product Update: Sharing data conversations
Product
Product Update: Sharing data conversations
Paul Blankley · February 21, 2025
Product Update: Change Review on Zenlytic
Product
Product Update: Change Review on Zenlytic
Paul Blankley · January 28, 2025
Product Launch
Introducing Citations: Data You Can Trust
Zenlytic Team · December 31, 2024
Hype Alert: Not All AI-Enabled Business Intelligence Makes the Grade
Product
Hype Alert: Not All AI-Enabled Business Intelligence Makes the Grade
John Santaferraro · November 26, 2024
Zenlytic on CIO - Agentic AI: 6 promising use cases for business
Product
Zenlytic on CIO – Agentic AI: 6 promising use cases for business
Ryan Janssen · November 14, 2024
Webinar: How retail companies benefit from an AI data analyst
Product
Webinar: How retail companies benefit from an AI data analyst
Zenlytic · October 25, 2024
Has the modern data stack failed the business?
Product
Has the Modern Data Stack Failed the Business?
Ryan Janssen · October 10, 2024
Zenlytic Series A Funding Announcement
Company
Zenlytic secures $9 million in Series A funding led by M13 to scale AI data analyst
Zenlytic · September 26, 2024
Zenlytic and Motherduck Integration
Product
Zenlytic and Motherduck Integration: Quack-tastic News for Data Enthusiasts!
The Zenlytic Team · July 23, 2024
Ad Fontes Media uses Zenlytic to scale analytics with self-serve BI
Product
Ad Fontes Media uses Zenlytic to scale analytics with self-serve BI
Zenlytic · July 17, 2024
Podcast - How to Use Business Intelligence to Remove Data Complexity And Drive Growth
Product
Podcast – How to Use Business Intelligence to Remove Data Complexity And Drive Growth
Ryan Janssen · July 12, 2024
Data Engineering Podcast - Zenlytic Is Building You A Better Coworker With AI Agents
Product
Data Engineering Podcast – Zenlytic Is Building You A Better Coworker With AI Agents
Zenlytic · May 28, 2024
Chat with your data — Zenlytic
Product
Introducing the Cognitive Layer
Zenlytic · May 23, 2024
Zenlytic named as one of the Leading 100 for 2024
Product
Zenlytic named as one of the Leading 100 for 2024
Zenlytic · May 21, 2024
Murali Kallem, Head of Data Platform at Salesforce
Product
Six Steps to Self-Serve with Murali Kallem, Head of Data Platform at Salesforce
Murali Kallem · May 16, 2024
Zenlytic Snowflake Technology Partner
Product
Zenlytic Achieves Select Tier Partner Status with Snowflake
Colin · April 24, 2024
LLMs and Semantic Layer Integration for Self-Serve Analytics
Product
Optimizing Analytics: LLMs & Semantic Layer Integration
Zenlytic · January 31, 2024
MBODY360 Harnesses Data Insights for Growth with Zenlytic
Product
MBODY360 Harnesses Data Insights for Growth with Zenlytic
Zenlytic · January 15, 2024
ThoughtSpot vs. Power BI (vs. Zenlytic): Features, Pricing, and Use Cases Compared
Product
ThoughtSpot vs. Power BI (vs. Zenlytic): Features, Pricing, and Use Cases Compared
Ashley Sherrick · December 31, 2023
Featured Image - What Are The Benefits of Using ThoughtSpot for Business Intelligence
Product
What Are The Benefits of Using ThoughtSpot for Business Intelligence?
Zenlytic · December 31, 2023
Self-Service BI: What It is, Benefits, Use Cases, and Best Practices
Analytics
Self-Service BI: What It is, Benefits, Use Cases, and Best Practices
Ashley Sherrick · December 31, 2023
How AI is Changing the Retail Industry From Data to Decisions
Product
How AI is Changing the Retail Industry From Data to Decisions
Ashley Sherrick · December 31, 2023
Generative AI for Data Analytics: Benefits, Use Cases, and Trends
Analytics
Generative AI for Data Analytics: Benefits, Use Cases, and Trends
Greg Peters · December 31, 2023
Hotels By Day app — as seen on Shark Tank
Product
Hotels By Day Optimizes Business Intelligence with Zenlytic
Zenlytic · November 15, 2023
Improve SQL Query Performance
Product
Improving Your SQL Query Performance
Zenlytic · October 5, 2023
Zenlytic Empowering LOLA's Business Intelligence Journey
Product
Zenlytic Empowering LOLA’s Business Intelligence Journey
Kelly Murphy · September 15, 2023
KOIO leather sneakers
Product
Zenlytic Helps KOIO Achieve Data-Driven Success
Zenlytic · August 24, 2023
LLM's & Semantic Layer: Self Serve has Entered the Chat | Zenlytic
Product
LLM’s & Semantic Layer: Self Serve has Entered the Chat
Paul Blankley · May 11, 2023
Building Self Serve Business Intelligence With AI And Semantic Modeling At Zenlytic
Podcast
Building Self Serve Business Intelligence With AI And Semantic Modeling At Zenlytic
Zenlytic · April 16, 2023