An Application-Free Future? Speaking Directly to Data with illumex CEO Inna Tokarev Sela

This podcast interviews Inna Tokarev Sela, CEO of Illumex, about her company's approach to enterprise data analysis. The discussion covers Illumex's unique methodology of using metadata to create a "canonical" data model for different industries, automating the mapping of a company's data onto this model, and enabling natural language querying of data without direct access to the underlying data itself. Illumex's application-free vision, aiming to provide data access through existing communication platforms like Slack, is also explored. A key takeaway is Illumex's 91% accuracy in automatically generating ontologies, surpassing many open-source alternatives. The interview concludes with a discussion on the future of data analytics roles, suggesting a shift towards data moderation rather than creation.