DataGen is a podcast that helps you understand how top European companies build their data and AI strategies. I’m Robin Conquet, and in each episode I sit down with data and AI leaders to break down their real challenges. From N26 and BlaBlaCar to Aircall and more, you’ll discover how successful companies leverage data and AI.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
DataGen Europe
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DataGen is a podcast that helps you understand how top European companies build their data and AI strategies. I’m Robin Conquet, and in each episode I sit down with data and AI leaders to break down their real challenges. From N26 and BlaBlaCar to Aircall and more, you’ll discover how successful companies leverage data and AI.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
#9 - Tide: From Dashboards to Decision Boards with AI
<p>Tanmay Nagori is Head of Data & Analytics for Lending at Tide, the UK-based fintech unicorn. Tide helps SME businesses save time by providing banking, payment, administrative, and financial tools. Today, it is used by 1.8 million SMEs in the United Kingdom, India, Germany, and France.</p><br><p>We cover :</p><br><p>🔥 His journey from Analyst to Head of Analytics (Consulting, Amazon…)</p><p>🔥 How the data team is organized globally and what stack they use</p><p>🔥 The approach and tools they implemented to increase the business impact of analytics</p><p>🔥 His view on how AI changes the role of the analytics team (from insights to actions)</p><br><p>📚 <strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><br><p>- <a href="https://bit.ly/4fN6i3J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tanmay’s</a> LinkedIn Profile</p><p>- The book <a href="https://amzn.to/4uI37y2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"A Technique for Producing Ideas"</a> by James Webb Young</p><p>- The book <a href="https://amzn.to/3ScHwAb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Thinking, Fast and Slow"</a> by Daniel Kahneman</p><br><p>🎬 <strong>CHAPTERS</strong></p><br><p>00:00 What's Tide?</p><p>01:53 Tanmay’s journey</p><p>05:39 Their main analytics projects</p><p>08:19 Their stack</p><p>10:50 His main challenges</p><p>13:53 His career advice</p><p>15:55 Resources he recommends</p><br><p>🤩 <strong>OTHER EPISODES YOU SHOULD LOVE</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://bit.ly/44cT0pY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8 - Marshmallow: Building the Data Analytics Team for a unicorn </a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/4uD5amU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#6 - HelloFresh: Building and scaling a Product Analytics culture</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-deezer-how-i-restructured-the-business-analytics/id1858032582?i=1000739348530" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2 - Deezer: How I restructured the Business Analytics team and made it more Business-Focused</a></p><br><p><strong>👋 MORE DATA CONTENT?</strong></p><br><p>1/ Follow me on LinkedIn <a href="https://bit.ly/3Fdi97D" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 🤳</p><p>2/ Sign up for the newsletter (summaries, events) <a href="https://datageneration.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 💌</p><p>3/ Check out the podcast in video format on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXPsm8oMQoVoQI_0NL4Db7w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 📹</p><br><p><strong>🎙 SUPPORT THE PODCAST FOR FREE</strong></p><br><p>1/ Subscribe 🔔</p><p>2/ Leave a 5 stars review on Apple Podcasts <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/datagen-europe/id1858032582" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 🥰</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 3, 2026
#8 - Marshmallow: Building the data analytics team at a unicorn
<p>Ina Vaduvescu is director of analytics at Marshmallow, the UK-based unicorn that offers affordable car insurance for newcomers to the UK. The scaleup raised $90 million in 2025 at a $2 billion valuation. She leads a team of 12 analysts and has spent the past few years building and structuring the analytics function.</p><br><p>We cover :</p><br><p>🔥 Her journey, from data analyst to director across startups and scale-ups</p><p>🔥 How she structured a high-performing and standardized data team</p><p>🔥 The KPI tree framework that was transformative to how they operate</p><p>🔥 Their AI projects: AI analytics and customer support AI agent</p><br><p>📚 <strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><br><p>- <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivaduvescu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ina</a>’s LinkedIn profile</p><p>- The newsletter <a href="https://tldr.tech/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TLDR</a></p><p>- <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/lennys-podcast-product-career-growth/id1627920305" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lenny's Podcast</a></p><br><p>🎬 <strong>CHAPTERS</strong></p><br><p>00:00 What's Marshmallow ?</p><p>00:39 Ina's journey</p><p>02:48 #1 - recruitment & stack</p><p>10:23 #2 - better prioritization</p><p>15:34 #3 - self-service & AI analytics</p><p>21:55 #4 - AI project for customer support</p><p>27:06 Their main challenges</p><p>28:05 Their next steps</p><p>30:04 The resources she recommends</p><p>30:41 Her career advice</p><br><p>🤩 <strong>OTHER EPISODES YOU SHOULD LOVE</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/7-flix-leveraging-data-to-scale-operations/id1858032582?i=1000763058055" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#7 - Flix: Leveraging data to scale operations </a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/4ciICSF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#5 - N26: Building and scaling the Data team for Marketing</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-deezer-how-i-restructured-the-business-analytics/id1858032582?i=1000739348530" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2 - Deezer: How I restructured the Business Analytics team and made it more Business-Focused</a></p><br><p><strong>🎙 SUPPORT THE PODCAST FOR FREE</strong></p><br><p>1/ Subscribe 🔔</p><p>2/ Leave a 5 stars review on Apple Podcasts <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/datagen-europe/id1858032582" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 🥰</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
April 22, 2026
#7 - Flix: Leveraging data to scale operations
<p>Manoj Raghavan is a Staff Data Strategist at Flix, the affordable travel tech scaleup based in Germany, solving technology for long-distance buses and trains. Flix operates in 40+ countries, has 5,000 employees, including around 100 data & AI experts.</p><br><p>We cover :</p><br><p>🔥 Their data organisation: decentralized and with no central data leadership</p><p>🔥 One of the main projects he worked on to improve customer experience: bus partner classification</p><p>🔥 Their stack: AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Power BI…</p><p>🔥 One of their main current challenges: build vs. buy when it comes to AI tools</p><br><p>📚 <strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><br><p>- <a href="https://bit.ly/4tUEH4h" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Manoj’s</a> LinkedIn profile</p><p>- The book of book Chip Huyen <a href="https://amzn.to/4uWofSC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Designing Machine Learning Systems</a></p><p>- The book of book Chip Huyen <a href="https://amzn.to/47SaNVI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI Engineering</a></p><br><p>🎬 <strong>CHAPTERS</strong></p><br><p>00:00 What is Flix?</p><p>02:38 Manoj's journey</p><p>06:28 The Data team organization</p><p>10:43 One of his main projects</p><p>16:35 Their stack</p><p>19:02 Their main challenges</p><p>21:17 Their next step</p><p>23:40 Resources he recommends</p><p>24:42 His career advice</p><br><p>🤩 <strong>OTHER EPISODES YOU SHOULD LOVE</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://bit.ly/4cN83f8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#6 - HelloFresh: Building and scaling a Product Analytics culture</a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/4ciICSF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#5 - N26: Building and scaling the Data team for Marketing</a></p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/4vBGtsO" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1 - BlaBlaCar : Managing 50 Data People with Manu, VP Data</a></p><br><p><strong>🎙 SUPPORT THE PODCAST FOR FREE</strong></p><br><p>1/ Subscribe 🔔</p><p>2/ Leave a 5 stars review on Apple Podcasts <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/datagen-europe/id1858032582" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> 🥰</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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