Why AI Agents Will Break Modern Data Engineering (And How to Fix It) w/ Christophe Blefari (Nao)

<p>In this episode of The Joe Reis Show, I catch up with my good friend Christophe Blefari, co-founder of NAO, to dig into what&#39;s actually happening on the front lines of AI agents and data engineering. We talk about the evolution from building SQL IDEs to agentic analytics harnesses, how prompt-driven workflows are reshaping data teams, and why age-old problems like data discovery, modeling, and documentation are suddenly roaring back. We also dive into the risks of &quot;token slop,&quot; whether data and software engineering roles are destined to merge, Christophe’s take on DuckDB’s acquisition by AWS, and the realities of building AI tools across Europe and the US.Nao: https://getnao.io/</p>