Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026
Jun 17, 2026 · San Francisco, California · Data + AI 2024 · Data + AI 2025
Ali Ghodsi, Co-founder and CEO, Databricks kicks off Data + AI Summit 2026Jun 17, 2026 · 58m · Ali GhodsiGhodsi's 2026 opener argued the gap is not smarter models but agents that actually work inside companies, and framed Databricks as the answer to context, cost, governance and choice. The launches centered on the Genie family (Genie One, Genie ontology, Genie agents, Genie Code), plus Lakewatch as an agentic SIEM with the Panther Labs acquisition and CustomerLake for marketing data.
Key themes: Agents, Data platforms, Security
- 1The problem is not AGI in labs but that agents are not yet doing autonomous work inside companies, Ghodsi argued
- 2LakeFlow now has over 100 connectors, up from very few two years earlier
- 3Genie ontology connects to all of a company's data to give agents shared business context; he called it the most important launch
- 4Genie agents turn any Genie conversation into an agent for the whole company, in Slack, Teams or autonomously
- 5A marketplace for apps built on Databricks now lets customers buy and pay for them
- 6Databricks agreed to acquire Panther Labs to strengthen Lakewatch, its agentic SIEM on the lakehouse
- 7CustomerLake was announced to bring the marketing stack onto the lakehouse
| Announcement | Status |
|---|---|
| Genie ontologyBusiness context across all company data for Genie and agents | Announced |
| Genie agentsTurn Genie conversations into company-wide agents | Announced |
| Genie CodeCoding agent on the Databricks platform | Announced |
| App marketplace with transactionsBuy and pay for apps built on Databricks | Announced |
| Panther Labs acquisitionPython-based SIEM for Lakewatch | Announced |
| CustomerLakeCustomer and marketing data on the lakehouse | Announced |
Companies on stage
Named or launching: Panther Labs, Databricks
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