---
title: "BI's Third Form : Office Hours with Benn Stancil"
description: "Join Mode co-founder Benn Stancil to explore BI's future, AI's impact on analytics teams, and the truth about SaaS margins in modern software companies."
categories: ["office hours"]
keywords: ["Benn Stancil","Mode Analytics","BI's third form","analytics teams","SaaS margins","data analytics","software companies","AI impact on analytics","ThoughtSpot"]
ai_summary: "Benn Stancil discusses BI's future, AI's role in analytics, and the realities of SaaS margins in modern software."
date: 2024-05-16
lastmod: 2026-07-28
canonical_url: https://www.tomtunguz.com/office-hours-benn-stancil/
author: "Tomasz Tunguz"
---

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On Thursday May 30th at 9:30 Pacific time, Office Hours will host Benn Stancil.

Benn co-founded Mode, a analytics platform acquired by ThoughtSpot. He writes about the future of data & analytics [on his blog](https://benn.substack.com/) & asks deep questions about core tenets of software including [Do software companies actually have good margins?](https://benn.substack.com/p/do-software-companies-actually-have) & [Disband the analytics team](https://benn.substack.com/p/disband-the-analytics-team).

With a unique lens on data & software, Benn will share his views on some of these bigger topics including [BI's third form](https://benn.substack.com/p/bis-third-form). 

During this Office Hours, Benn & I will talk about :

- what is BI's third form & why it matters
- the role of the analytics team in the world of AI where the there are [more shovels than gold](https://benn.substack.com/p/long-on-shovels-short-on-gold)
- margin structures for software companies : why might they be less attractive than they seem

If you’re interested to attend, [please register here](https://gatsby.events/rsvp/office-hours-with-benn-stancil/theory-ventures/register). As always, submit questions through the registration form & I’ll weave them into the conversation.

I look forward to welcoming Benn to Office Hours!