CNE Agent: Conversational Infrastructure for Modern Data Platforms
Date: Monday, October 27th, 2025 | Time: 17:00–18:30 (Online)
*The webinar will be held in Hebrew
We've all been there—drowning in YAML files, wrestling with complex infrastructure configurations, and spending more time on setup than on actually building great data products. What if you could just tell your infrastructure what you need and have it provision itself? That's exactly what we've built with CNE Agent.
This isn't another theoretical AI talk.
We're going to show you a working system that lets teams provision complete data platforms through natural conversation. Think of it as transforming infrastructure-as-code into infrastructure-as-conversation—and yes, it actually works in production.
Join us as we dive into both the "wow factor" of conversational infrastructure and the nitty-gritty technical details that make it possible. We'll explore how this approach is changing the game for data teams who want to focus on insights, not infrastructure headaches.
On the Agenda:
17:00-17:30
Building Data Platforms Through Conversation: A Live Demo // Chaim Turkel, Group Leader & Data Architect at Tikal
Remember the last time you had to spin up a data platform? All those configuration files, dependencies, and "it works on my machine" moments? Chaim's going to show you a completely different way.
In this live demo, we'll watch as he has a conversation with CNE Agent to provision an entire data platform—Airbyte for ingestion, Dagster for orchestration, DBT for transformations, the whole stack. No YAML wrestling, no configuration hell, just natural conversation that results in production-ready infrastructure.
We're talking about infrastructure that comes with proper versioning, testing, and deployment pipelines baked in. It's like having a senior DevOps engineer who never gets tired of setting up environments and actually enjoys writing configuration files.
17:30-18:00
CNE Agent Architecture: How Conversational Infrastructure Really Works // Yanai Franchi, Big-Data and Backend-Architect at Tikal
Okay, so talking to infrastructure is cool, but how does it actually work without breaking everything? Yanai's going to pull back the curtain and show you the architecture that makes this magic possible.
We'll explore the goal-driven orchestration, voice processing pipelines, and the safety mechanisms that ensure your agent doesn't accidentally provision a thousand EC2 instances. From interpreting natural language requirements to generating Crossplane XRDs, validating with Kubernetes DryRuns, and orchestrating GitOps workflows—there's some serious engineering behind the conversational interface.
Whether you're thinking about building something similar or just curious about how we made this work across AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem, this is where you'll get the technical insights.
18:00-18:30
From Infrastructure to Insights: Managing a Modern Data Stack with CNE Agent // Haggai Philip Zagury, Head of DevOps at Tikal
Here's where things get really interesting. Building an agent that can provision basic infrastructure is one thing, but turning it into a data platform specialist? That's a whole different challenge.
Haggai will walk us through how we evolved from "can you create a Kubernetes cluster?" to "can you set up a complete modern data stack with proper data lineage, monitoring, and compliance controls?" We're talking about managing the full lifecycle of data platforms—from initial provisioning to ongoing operations and scaling.
You'll see how CNE Agent handles the unique demands of data infrastructure, orchestrates complex data pipelines, and enables teams to manage their entire data stack through conversation. It's about moving beyond basic infrastructure provisioning to intelligent data platform operations that actually understand your data workflows.
Come see how conversational AI is changing the game for infrastructure and data platform operations—and maybe get some ideas for your own engineering challenges.
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