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Welcome to the Advancing Analytics blog. We’re a bunch of data and AI specialists who build modern platforms and make messy data behave.

You'll find a trove of posts and video here, focused on AI and machine learning, data engineering and analytics. Our blogs are all based on what we’re seeing in the real world - with lessons learned from the sharp end of delivery. 

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Ashley Warren
My First Journey with AI: Building an Agentic Power BI tool
12th January 2026: I’m Ashley, and I am an AI skeptic. Ever since the AI boom was kicked off...

26th February, 2026

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Simon Whiteley
What Happens When You Give Greek Gods a Databricks Workspace?
We recently announced LakeForge - our Databricks LakeFlow pipeline framework. Part of building...

19th February, 2026

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Dean Kennedy
Building Scalable AI Workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework on Azure
Introduction The Microsoft Agent Framework is an open-source library for building,...

4th February, 2026

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Simon Whiteley
Vibe-Engineering LakeFlow Pipelines, the Advancing Analytics Way
Want to watch this blog instead? Find the YouTube video here: https://youtu.be/GFa6Cf6GEA0 If...

20th January, 2026

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Gavita Regunath
My Top 10 AI Predictions in Insurance for 2026
If your GenAI programme is a chat tab people copy and paste into, you haven’t changed the...

13th January, 2026

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Mike Howarth
Why we ran an AI-BI Hackathon - and how to create your own
Why Run an AI-BI Hackathon? At Advancing Analytics, we believe that the best ideas are born...

5th January, 2026

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Luke Menzies
Lakebase: AI's New Friend
Inroduction With Databricks charging full throttle into the world of Data & AI, new tools are...

23rd December, 2025

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Toyosi Babayeju
Intelligent Pricing Model: Powered by ML, Guided by GenAI
Introduction Assessing an individual’s creditworthiness has always relied on a complex blend...

18th December, 2025

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Christopher Durow
Design Considerations for your AI Framework
Futureproofing for MCP, A2A collaboration, and the next 24 months of change Introduction I’ll...

11th December, 2025

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Tom Radburn
How Advancing Analytics is Transforming Customer Service
How Advancing Analytics’ “Analytics Support” Is Transforming Customer Service Imagine...

1st December, 2025

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