DataCamp is an online learning platform that teaches data and AI skills through short, browser-based interactive exercises. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, it offers 700+ courses in Python, R, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, and generative AI, along with hands-on projects, skill assessments, and industry certifications. The company serves both individual learners and enterprises, having grown to more than 10 million learners and thousands of business customers who use it to close data and AI skills gaps.
Jethro (JethroData) is an enterprise software company that makes interactive business intelligence run fast on big data. Its index-based SQL engine sits between BI tools like Tableau, Qlik and MicroStrategy and data stored in Hadoop or Amazon S3, using full indexing, auto-cubes and result caching to return queries in seconds across tens of billions of rows and thousands of concurrent users - at Hadoop-scale cost and without manual data engineering.
Salesforce announced new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that connect Salesforce CRM data, Tableau Next analytics, Data 360, and AI agents directly into Slackbot, Slack's built-in personal agent. Users can now query customer records, surface live Tableau visualizations, view unified Data 360 profiles, update pipelines, and trigger workflows across partner apps like Jira, Box, DocuSign, and Zapier — all from a Slack conversation, with no tab-switching, custom code, or separate logins. The Slackbot MCP Client is generally available on any Slack plan that includes Slackbot, and Salesforce-hosted MCP Servers are GA for Enterprise Edition organizations and above, with over 25 compatible partner apps listed in the Slack Marketplace's dedicated MCP registry.
Cleartelligence is a Newton, Massachusetts-based data and AI consulting firm that helps mid-market and enterprise organizations turn complex, siloed data into clear, usable intelligence. Founded in 2011, it delivers analytics and visualization, data engineering and architecture, artificial intelligence, and data strategy advisory across finance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, retail, technology, and the public sector. Backed by private equity firm Align Capital Partners since 2022, the firm has grown through acquisitions of Winter Sun and Bardess Group and opened a delivery center in Hyderabad, India, in 2025.
Coastal Cloud is a US-based consulting firm founded in 2012 that helps organizations get more value from Salesforce, data, and AI. A top-tier Salesforce Summit/multi-cloud partner headquartered in Palm Coast, Florida, it delivers strategy, implementation, integration, analytics, and managed services across Sales, Service, Marketing, Revenue/CPQ, Commerce, and Data Cloud, extended by Snowflake, Tableau, and MuleSoft. With roughly 570 employees, thousands of Salesforce certifications, and work spanning healthcare, financial services, education, nonprofit, manufacturing, and the public sector, Coastal was acquired by Tata Consultancy Services in a $700 million all-cash deal announced in December 2025.
Cymetrix Software is a global Salesforce and data analytics consulting firm founded in 2016 that helps enterprises modernize their CRM, data, and AI workflows. With a certified team of 150+ consultants and offices in the USA, India, UK, and Japan, Cymetrix delivers multi-cloud Salesforce implementations, MuleSoft integrations, Tableau and Looker analytics, and applied AI - including Agentforce AI agents built on Salesforce Data Cloud - for clients across manufacturing, retail, BFSI, pharma, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors.
Enki is a San Francisco-based edtech company building an AI-powered coaching platform that helps professionals and teams learn coding, data, and no-code tools faster. Founded in 2019 by Kirill Makharinsky and Bruno Marnette, Enki pairs on-demand 1:1 AI coaching with structured, role-specific exercises for tools like SQL, Python, Excel, Tableau, Looker, and Power BI. It began as a mobile app that grew to millions of users and 20,000+ five-star reviews, then pivoted toward enterprise upskilling, offering companies a way to raise data literacy and tool adoption across their workforce.
Rohan Marfatia is the CEO of DataCRaiM, Inc. (formerly Beround), a technology consulting firm specializing in Data, AI, and CRM solutions for equipment leasing, finance, and MedTech/healthcare sectors. With over 20 years of experience across India, the UK, the Netherlands, and the United States, he has built a career at the intersection of enterprise technology and human-centered leadership. A TEDx and keynote speaker, President of IAMCP Northern California, and a 2024 Fremont mayoral candidate, Marfatia is also running for Alameda County Supervisor in 2026. He holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and an engineering degree from Sardar Patel University.

Sireesh Bodireddygari is Executive Vice President of Software Engineering at Salesforce, where he leads a global team of 1,000+ engineers building Tableau and CRM Analytics products. Promoted to EVP in March 2025 after nearly a decade of rising through Salesforce's analytics engineering ranks, he is the engineering force behind Tableau Next — an AI-native, full-stack agentic analytics platform unveiled at Tableau Conference 2025. A 25-year software veteran who started at L&T Infotech and cut his teeth at Yahoo! and DIRECTV before joining Salesforce as Director of Wave Analytics, he has become one of the most consequential engineering leaders in enterprise data and AI.