Opening keynote: Rewrite
Oct 14, 2025 · 1h 38m · Las Vegas, Nevada
The day after dbt Labs announced its merger with Fivetran, Handy used the opening keynote to explain the deal and the case for an open data stack that preserves customer choice, joined by Fivetran CEO George Fraser. The product news centered on the new dbt Fusion engine reaching preview on the dbt platform, state-aware orchestration that skips unchanged models, and a remote dbt MCP server for AI tools.
What it announced
- Merger with Fivetran · dbt Labsdbt Labs and Fivetran to mergeAnnounced
- dbt Fusion engine on the dbt platform · dbt LabsNew engine in previewPreview
- State-aware orchestration · dbt LabsRebuild only changed modelsPreview
- Remote dbt MCP server · dbt Labsdbt context for AI toolsGA