Developer Advocate, Firebolt
Cole Bowden is a Developer Advocate at Firebolt who brings a unique blend of technical know-how and community building to the data warehouse space. After working as a software engineer at Facebook and as a release manager at Starburst, he now helps others understand complex data technologies. Cole balances his tech career with a long-running role managing esports communities, drawing on his unconventional background combining an English degree from Vanderbilt with a Sport Management Master's from Michigan. Based in Seattle, he's currently gearing up for product announcements while speaking at industry events about data architectures like Iceberg, bringing both technical depth and clear communication to everything he does.
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has transformed AI applications by grounding responses with external data. It can be better. By pairing RAG with low latency SQL analytics, you can enrich responses with instant insights, leading to a more interactive and insightful user experience with fresh, data-driven intelligence. In this talk, we’ll demo how low latency SQL combined with an AI application can deliver speed, accuracy, and trust.
The next edition is programmed by practitioners. Tell us what you built and what you learned.
Apply to be a speaker