Data Agents Finally Get Real: DAComp & DP-Bench Crush the "erfect Query" Myth

DAComp isn't your usual NL2SQL test It's a real-world benchmark for data AI agents with 210 tasks covering the entire data lifecycle—from grabbing data to making actual business decisions. Forget the old "perfect query" nonsense; DAComp throws agents into real enterprise workflows: cleaning messy datasets, exploring patterns, building models, visualizing results, and even suggesting next steps. No more pretending models understand databases when they're still guessing how to handle real data. Leaderboard: https://da-comp.github.io/ Paper: https://arxiv.org/html/2512.04324 Paper Intent Let’s be real: most NL2SQL tests (Spider, BIRD) are just a single step— translate to SQL . But real analysts don’t stop there. They grab data, clean it, build models, and actually decide what to do next. DAComp throws LLMs into the actual chaos of enterprise workflows: handling messy files, picking the right Python library, fixing errors, and even drafting business recommendations. No more "perfect query"