The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
Ben Lorica
The Data Stack Wasn't Built for AI — Here's What Comes Next
40 minutes Posted Jun 18, 2026 at 11:00 am.
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Ben Lorica talks with Chang She, co-founder and CEO of LanceDB, about the limitations of traditional analytical data tools like Pandas and Parquet when applied to AI workloads. They discuss the rise of the “multimodal lakehouse,” the unique data storage and retrieval challenges introduced by AI agents, and how LanceDB provides both lightweight embedded memory and massive-scale infrastructure. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩 https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe:...