September 2025 Summaries

Cube has joined forces with Snowflake as a launch partner in the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI) initiative, which seeks to develop an open-source, vendor-neutral specification for exchanging semantic models. This effort aims to address the current challenges organizations face when running analytics and AI across various platforms, by reducing inconsistencies in data interpretation and improving interoperability. The OSI initiative plans to create a shared specification for semantic metadata and open-source code modules to translate semantic models across different systems. Cube's involvement includes contributing to the OSI specification, developing adapters for interoperability, and ensuring AI applications can accurately utilize semantic models, ultimately providing customers with flexibility and efficiency in their AI and business intelligence operations. As the initiative progresses, Cube will release resources and guidance to facilitate adoption, underscoring the value of standardized semantics for the data and AI community.

Cube has announced that the team from Narrative BI is joining them to enhance their mission of developing agentic analytics, with Michael Rumiantsau, founder of Narrative BI, becoming the VP of Product. Narrative BI has been innovative in creating proactive and conversational analytics without the need for traditional dashboards or manual input, serving a wide customer base. This partnership aligns well with Cube's focus on the semantic layer as a crucial component for AI-driven analytics, providing necessary context and governance. The collaboration aims to integrate Narrative BI's expertise in agentic workflows with Cube’s data modeling capabilities to create a leading platform in agentic analytics. The combined efforts seek to revolutionize the interaction between humans and AI with data by enabling natural language analytics, agentic workflows, and AI-powered embedded analytics, ultimately making intelligent analytics universally accessible.