Whose job is it to govern enterprise AI? Alteryx Inspire 2026 makes the case for putting analysts in charge
Onstage at Alteryx Inspire 2026, CEO Andy MacMillan hands a tax reconciliation spreadsheet to Chief Evangelist Joshua Burkhow. The brief is: take this spreadsheet, automate the process, save the company some hours.
Burkhow pastes a prompt into Claude Code and waits. A minute later, 1,785 lines of Python appear on the screen behind him. This is received with applause, murmurs, an "amazing" from MacMillan, who plays his part with the timing of someone who has done this skit before.
Then MacMillan adds the detail he forgot to mention - tax jurisdictions change four times a year. Three of the Anthony Johnsons on the supplier list are not actually subject to tax. And by the way, KPMG is coming in tomorrow. Burkhow looks at the Python code on screen, looks at the audience, and confesses: "I actually don't know what any of this says." It's safe to say at this point...
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