How We Built Our lakeFS Iceberg Catalog

Itai Gilo
August 4, 2025

A behind-the-scenes look at the design decisions, architecture, and lessons learned while bringing the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog to lakeFS. When we first announced our native lakeFS Iceberg REST Catalog,…

Closing The AI Data Infrastructure Gap: Vision For Our $20m Funding Round

Einat Orr, PhD
July 29, 2025

While AI’s promise of increased efficiency and innovation is clear, executing on it is proving to be a major challenge, especially at scale. At lakeFS, we’ve been at the center…

What is Data Virtualization? Benefits, Use Cases & Tools

Tal Sofer
July 22, 2025

Data integration is a vital first step in developing any AI application. This is where data virtualization comes in to help organizations accelerate application development and deployment. By virtualizing data,…

The Evolving Equation: When Do You Move From Open Source to Enterprise with Data Version Control

Tal Sofer
July 16, 2025

Open source software has fundamentally reshaped technology—delivering unmatched flexibility, low friction, and rapid innovation. For some teams, it’s a philosophical commitment. For others, it’s the fastest path to building. lakeFS…

AI-Ready Data: Characteristics, Challenges & Best Practices

Tal Sofer
July 14, 2025

Despite the increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, most organizations are bound to see implementation challenges. One of the issues lies in the data itself. A recent survey showed…

How Data Versioning Turns an “AI-ish” Stack into a Real AI Factory

Einat Orr, PhD
July 9, 2025

It usually starts the same way. A late night message pops up in the channel: “Which v5_final dataset did we use to train the model that just failed in production?”…

Git-Like Data Versioning Meets MLOps: lakeFS with MLflow, DataChain, Neptune & Quilt

Iddo Avneri
June 26, 2025

Modern machine learning pipelines involve a mix of tools for experiment tracking, data preparation, model registry, and more. MLflow, DataChain, Neptune, and Quilt are some MLOps tools serving these needs….

Product

lakeFS Iceberg REST Catalog: Version Control for Structured Data, at Scale

Oz Katz
June 19, 2025

We’re excited to introduce a powerful new capability in lakeFS Enterprise: the lakeFS Iceberg REST Catalog – a fully standards-compliant implementation of the Apache Iceberg REST Catalog specification. With this…

Product

Introducing lakeFS 1.59.0: A Fresh, Modern UI Experience for Your Data Versioning

Oz Katz
June 10, 2025

We’re excited to unveil lakeFS 1.59.0, a release that brings a completely revamped user interface designed to make your data versioning experience more intuitive, elegant, and productive. Whether you’re a…

What is Data Discovery, How It Works & Why It Matters

Tal Sofer
June 4, 2025

Most organizations collect massive amounts of data from various sources, including customer interactions, supply networks, financial systems, and more. As a result, teams may feel overwhelmed by a flood of…

The State of Data and AI Engineering 2025

Einat Orr, PhD
May 29, 2025

Since 2021, we’ve published the annual State of Data Engineering Report, which includes a summary of all key categories that directly impact data engineering infrastructure. In 2025, we see five…

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