---
title: "Yoni Michael"
category: "people"
role: "Co-Founder"
company: "typedef"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonimichael"
twitter: "https://x.com/yoni_michael"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Yoni Michael

## Profile
Co-Founder at [[typedef|typedef]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonimichael)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/yoni_michael)

## Biography
Yoni Michael is the co-founder of Typedef, a company building the data context layer for AI agents working across modern data stacks. Typedef analyzes transformation code, lineage, schemas, metrics, and usage patterns to help agents reason safely about complex data systems.

Yoni has spent more than a decade building infrastructure and data platforms at the intersection of data and AI. Prior to Typedef, he led infrastructure engineering teams at Tecton and Salesforce. He previously co-founded Coolan, a data center analytics company acquired by Salesforce.

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-yoni-michael-the-data-context-layer-why-data-engineering-agents-need-more-than-code-and-databases]] — The Data Context Layer: Why Data Engineering Agents Need More Than Code and Databases (2026-06-29, 2:20pm-4:20pm)

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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-yoni-michael-the-data-context-layer-why-data-engineering-agents-need-more-than-code-and-databases|The Data Context Layer: Why Data Engineering Agents Need More Than Code and Databases]]

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