E174: The SDF / DBT Acquisition (1 + 1 = 3)
May 02, 2025•40 min
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Episode description
Lukas Schulte is Co-Founder & CEO of SDF Labs, the developer platform that scales SQL understanding across organizations, which was recently acquired by data transformation unicorn dbt Labs. In this episode, he's joined by Anders Swanson, Senior Developer Experience Advocate at dbt, to discuss the acquisition and future of data engineering.
In this episode, we dig into:
How the acquisition happened, as well as the M&A process
How dbt thinks about building capabilities internally vs. making acquisitions
How the SDF platform will improve the lives of dbt users
The most challenging parts about the integration
What the future developer experience for data teams will be like
A glimpse into the future of data engineering
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