Databricks Data + AI Summit 2024
Jun 12, 2024 · San Francisco, California · Data + AI 2025 · Data + AI 2026
Data + AI Summit Keynote Day 1 - Ali Ghodsi, Co-founder and CEO of DatabricksJun 12, 2024 · 28m · Ali GhodsiGhodsi laid out the data intelligence platform: an open lakehouse where formats and governance stop locking data to one vendor, plus AI that understands a company's own data. The week's news included the Tabular acquisition to unify Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg, open-sourcing Unity Catalog, and all of Databricks going serverless.
Key themes: Data platforms, Open source, Governance
- 1Databricks confirmed it is acquiring Tabular, founded by the original creators of Apache Iceberg
- 2Delta Lake UniForm, which serves Delta tables as Iceberg too, was announced as GA that week
- 3Databricks said it is open-sourcing Unity Catalog, its governance layer
- 4Data intelligence means the platform understands company-specific jargon so anyone can ask questions of the data
- 5All of Databricks becomes available serverless from July 1, and future products may be serverless only
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Tabular acquisitionThe company behind Apache Iceberg, to unify Iceberg and Delta | Announced |
| Delta Lake UniFormOne table readable as Delta and Iceberg | GA |
| Unity Catalog open sourceGovernance catalog open-sourced | Announced |
| Serverless for all of DatabricksServerless compute across the platform from July 1 | Coming |
Companies on stage
Named or launching: Tabular, Databricks
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