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The latest trends and news in data observability and agent observability.

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Working smarter with Claude: a practitioner’s guide to token efficiency and output quality

At Monte Carlo, we run a lot of our workflows and processes on AI. Claude is woven into our product, our internal tooling, our agents, and our day-to-day tasks. So when I say teams are routinely wasting 30-40% of their token budget, I’m not guessing. This is something I’ve watched happen at scale, including inside … Continued

MC Agent Toolkit now natively available in Snowflake Cortex Code

Stop Cleaning Up Your Clickstream Data. Let Claude Ship It Clean.

New Monte Carlo Research: Two-Thirds of Orgs Ship Agents Before They are Ready to Support Them

The Memory Problem Changes When Agents Stop Waiting to Be Prompted

Enterprise AI Confidence with Atlan + Monte Carlo

What is AI-Ready Data? Redefining AI-Ready for Production.

The Top 5 AI Reliability Pitfalls

In the AI Kingdom, Experience is King

Data Observability

17 Valuable Use Cases for Automated Data Lineage

Learn how today's data teams apply automated lineage to boost productivity, reduce time to incident resolution, and more.

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Agent Health in practice: How we caught a stale model in our own Troubleshooting Agent

Monte Carlo brings native Agent Bricks observability to Databricks — zero instrumentation required

Data trust used to come after the fact. With Claude, it ships with your code.

Data Quality Statistics & Insights From Monitoring +11 Million Tables in 2026

Build vs. buy: The real token economics of agent observability

Your Data Isn’t as Clean as You Think. Here’s How Data Quality Automation Helps

AI Observability

Monte Carlo now observes Databricks Genie within our Agent Trust Platform

Optimize your storage and compute costs with Monte Carlo’s new Cost Agent

Introducing Agent Lineage: illuminating the black box of agent runs with Monte Carlo

Little “g” governance unlocks trust in AI: a chat with Andrew Machen from American Airlines at DAIS

No Amount of Prompt Engineering Fixes an AI Data Integrity Problem

Building software is getting cheaper; the cost of getting it wrong is skyrocketing: a chat with Nasdaq VP

Data Platforms

Built for the enterprise, ready for AI: Under the hood of Monte Carlo’s platform updates

How to make Claude a trusted analyst for your whole company

Cheat Sheet: A Data Leader's Guide to Data Metrics

Access the must-have metrics today's data leaders use to measure data quality, platform ROI, team productivity, and more.

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What is a Data Platform and How Do You Build One?

Open Source Business Intelligence Tools

What Is Model Context Protocol (MCP)? A Quick Start Guide.

Data Warehouse vs Data Lake vs Data Lakehouse: Definitions, Similarities, and Differences

AI Culture

Building software is getting cheaper; the cost of getting it wrong is skyrocketing: a chat with Nasdaq VP

The Ultimate Guide to Data Product Management

Learn how to build, manage, and scale reliable data products in our latest how-to guide, written by and for data product managers.

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Going Agent Experience First: What We Built, What We Broke, What We Learned

How to make Claude a trusted analyst for your whole company

Claude and Cursor Can’t Do Data Right

What the EU AI Act Actually Requires (And Why Your Current Solutions Won’t Get You There)

We Went All In on AI. Here’s What We Shipped in Just One Week.

Data Reliability

The Ultimate Guide To Data Lineage

Data Contracts 101: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Implement Them

2023 Modern Data Leader's Playbook

Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies, trends, and processes shaping modern data management.

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The New Dictionary of AI Reliability

Monitoring Through Disaster: Why Multi-Region Hosting Matters

Data Remediation: Ensuring Data Quality and Reliability in Modern Data Pipelines

Data Munging That Actually Works

Data Discovery

6 Tips For Better SQL Query Optimization

Star Schema vs. Snowflake Schema: Which One Should You Use?

The Best Snowflake Orchestration Tools

Data Catalog vs. Data Dictionary: 5 Essential Differences

Tired of Broken Pipelines? Here’s How ETL Orchestration Can Help

Messy Files and Confused Teams? You Need Product Data Management

Case Studies

Morningstar Accelerates Validations and Resolutions for Key IP With Monte Carlo

How Much Does Bad Data Cost You?

Do you know the cost of data downtime? This guide will help you calculate the cost of bad data for your company.

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How Axios Is Delivering Reliable AI with Agent Observability

How Pilot Flying J Scales Production AI with Monte Carlo

How T. Rowe Price Reduced Time To Resolution 83% with Monte Carlo

How M&T Bank Scales Trusted Data With Monte Carlo

How Calendly Reduced Data-Related Bug Tickets 40%

Announcements

Enterprise AI Confidence with Atlan + Monte Carlo

Data Observability, ML Model, and Agent Observability In A Single Pane Of Glass

Discover All Cortex Agents In A Single Click: Agent Observability for Snowflake Intelligence

From Insight to Action: Operations Agent is now Generally Available

Monte Carlo Named to G2’s Best Software Products of 2026

Debug Problematic Agent Behavior 4x Faster with Agent Observability

What is AI-Ready Data? Redefining AI-Ready for Production.

The Top 5 AI Reliability Pitfalls

In the AI Kingdom, Experience is King

AI Observability Tools

What’s AI observability, when do you need it, and what are the best tools to deliver reliable data and agents at scale? Check out our list of 17 AI observability tools.

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Redefining AI-Ready Data for Production

AI-ready data is about more than what you do before deployment. Find out how to implement an operational model that will enable you to drive AI reliability and adoption in production.

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Data testing vs. data quality monitoring vs. data observability: What's right for your team?

In the fight against bad data and broken pipelines, there are a few popular options. But what makes the most sense for your data quality needs? We’ve got the answers.

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Working smarter with Claude: a practitioner’s guide to token efficiency and output quality

MC Agent Toolkit now natively available in Snowflake Cortex Code

Stop Cleaning Up Your Clickstream Data. Let Claude Ship It Clean.

Featured

New Monte Carlo Research: Two-Thirds of Orgs Ship Agents Before They are Ready to Support Them

The Memory Problem Changes When Agents Stop Waiting to Be Prompted

Enterprise AI Confidence with Atlan + Monte Carlo

Editors picks

What is AI-Ready Data? Redefining AI-Ready for Production.

The Top 5 AI Reliability Pitfalls

In the AI Kingdom, Experience is King

Data Observability

17 Valuable Use Cases for Automated Data Lineage

Agent Health in practice: How we caught a stale model in our own Troubleshooting Agent

Monte Carlo brings native Agent Bricks observability to Databricks — zero instrumentation required

Data trust used to come after the fact. With Claude, it ships with your code.

Data Quality Statistics & Insights From Monitoring +11 Million Tables in 2026

Build vs. buy: The real token economics of agent observability

Your Data Isn’t as Clean as You Think. Here’s How Data Quality Automation Helps

AI Observability

Monte Carlo now observes Databricks Genie within our Agent Trust Platform

Optimize your storage and compute costs with Monte Carlo’s new Cost Agent

Introducing Agent Lineage: illuminating the black box of agent runs with Monte Carlo

Little “g” governance unlocks trust in AI: a chat with Andrew Machen from American Airlines at DAIS

No Amount of Prompt Engineering Fixes an AI Data Integrity Problem

Building software is getting cheaper; the cost of getting it wrong is skyrocketing: a chat with Nasdaq VP

Data Platforms

Built for the enterprise, ready for AI: Under the hood of Monte Carlo’s platform updates

How to make Claude a trusted analyst for your whole company

Cheat Sheet: A Data Leader's Guide to Data Metrics

What is a Data Platform and How Do You Build One?

Open Source Business Intelligence Tools

What Is Model Context Protocol (MCP)? A Quick Start Guide.

Data Warehouse vs Data Lake vs Data Lakehouse: Definitions, Similarities, and Differences

AI Culture

Building software is getting cheaper; the cost of getting it wrong is skyrocketing: a chat with Nasdaq VP

The Ultimate Guide to Data Product Management

Going Agent Experience First: What We Built, What We Broke, What We Learned

How to make Claude a trusted analyst for your whole company

Claude and Cursor Can’t Do Data Right

What the EU AI Act Actually Requires (And Why Your Current Solutions Won’t Get You There)

We Went All In on AI. Here’s What We Shipped in Just One Week.

Data Reliability

The Ultimate Guide To Data Lineage

Data Contracts 101: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Implement Them

2023 Modern Data Leader's Playbook

The New Dictionary of AI Reliability

Monitoring Through Disaster: Why Multi-Region Hosting Matters

Data Remediation: Ensuring Data Quality and Reliability in Modern Data Pipelines

Data Munging That Actually Works

Data Discovery

6 Tips For Better SQL Query Optimization

Star Schema vs. Snowflake Schema: Which One Should You Use?

The Best Snowflake Orchestration Tools

Data Catalog vs. Data Dictionary: 5 Essential Differences

Tired of Broken Pipelines? Here’s How ETL Orchestration Can Help

Messy Files and Confused Teams? You Need Product Data Management

Case Studies

Morningstar Accelerates Validations and Resolutions for Key IP With Monte Carlo

How Much Does Bad Data Cost You?

How Axios Is Delivering Reliable AI with Agent Observability

How Pilot Flying J Scales Production AI with Monte Carlo

How T. Rowe Price Reduced Time To Resolution 83% with Monte Carlo

How M&T Bank Scales Trusted Data With Monte Carlo

How Calendly Reduced Data-Related Bug Tickets 40%

Announcements

Enterprise AI Confidence with Atlan + Monte Carlo

Data Observability, ML Model, and Agent Observability In A Single Pane Of Glass

Discover All Cortex Agents In A Single Click: Agent Observability for Snowflake Intelligence

From Insight to Action: Operations Agent is now Generally Available

Monte Carlo Named to G2’s Best Software Products of 2026

Debug Problematic Agent Behavior 4x Faster with Agent Observability

Editors picks

What is AI-Ready Data? Redefining AI-Ready for Production.

The Top 5 AI Reliability Pitfalls

In the AI Kingdom, Experience is King

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