Rewrite the rules for data and AI: USAA’s path towards a more perfect pipeline

📍Live on May 14 · 1pm CT

Join dbt Labs and USAA for a practical session on building an enterprise data foundation that's faster, more reliable, and ready for AI.

First we’ll cover how dbt is building toward an open, interoperable data foundation and how the dbt Fusion engine is raising the bar on developer experience, performance, and efficiency.

Then USAA will share what it took to move from a “Wild West” production environment to a system of continuous improvement. Expect a detailed look at environment strategy, testing, and CI/CD patterns that reduce errors, shorten feedback loops, and build confidence in every change.

But that's only half the story. USAA will also walk through how they made AI a real contributor to their engineering processes — with a full Infrastructure as Code migration that brought structure and governance, then building out MCP server architecture that lets AI agents interact natively with dbt development workflows and data warehouses.

You'll leave with concrete ideas to ship faster, reduce firefighting, and put AI to work in your dbt environment.