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One of the most compelling parts of the session is the demonstration of querying data directly from cloud storage (like S3) using Iceberg without physically ingesting data into a separate system. This approach offers:

• Cost efficiency: Eliminates unnecessary data movement and duplication.

• Flexibility: Use of varying query or analysis engines—Snowflake, Spark, or others—on the same datasets.

• Compatibility with AI/ML: Direct access enables AI/ML models, including large language models (LLMs), to process data natively for tasks like sentiment analysis or document comprehension.