What does dbt do?

The TL;DR

dbt (no capitals) is a tool for transforming and organizing data in your warehouse. It helps data teams get raw data ready for analysis and impact.

• Data models are the core of effective data teams – they map business concepts onto cleaned, organized data

• dbt helps data teams use SQL to build useful, documented data models that the rest of the company can benefit from

• Core concepts in dbt: models, docs, seeds, and runs

• dbt isn’t quite like anything on the market, and they’ve partnered with tools across the spectrum

The open source dbt product has seen almost fanatical levels of support from the engineering and data community; they also recently raised a $150M Series C.