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Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025: Ali Ghodsi opens the summit

Ali Ghodsi · Jun 11, 2025 · 22m · San Francisco

Summary

Ali Ghodsi opened Data + AI Summit 2025 by unveiling Databricks One, Lakebase, and a native Gemini integration built with Google Cloud.

Key themes: Data platforms, Agents, Open source · AI-written summary from the published transcript

Where each highlight is said22:13
  1. 4:26

    Databricks now counts more than 15,000 customers running on the platform across every major cloud

  2. 6:22

    Ghodsi said hundreds of customers already run mission-critical production workloads on Databricks

  3. 15:06

    Unity Catalog was framed as the default governance layer customers pick for their data and AI assets

  4. 17:36

    AI/BI Genie, which lets people query data in plain English, is now used by 81% of customers

  5. 18:34

    Ghodsi said 98% of customers are already using Databricks' AI assistant capabilities

  6. 6

    Databricks unveiled Databricks One, a no-code interface for business users to use dashboards and Genie Source

  7. 7

    Databricks and Google Cloud partnered to bring Gemini models natively into the Databricks platform Source

Announced

4 available the same day
PreviewDatabricks OnePrivate preview, code-free interface for business users
GALakebaseManaged Postgres-compatible transactional database for AI agents
GALakeflowEnd-to-end data engineering and pipeline ingestion
GAAI/BI GenieNatural-language queries; Deep Research mode coming soon
GADatabricks AppsBuild and deploy governed data intelligence apps
PreviewAgent BricksProduction AI agents tuned on customer data
PreviewLakeflow DesignerNo-code ETL pipeline builder
PreviewDatabricks Free EditionFree access to data and AI skills for learners
AnnouncedSpark Declarative PipelinesOpen-source declarative batch and streaming ETL
AnnouncedLakebridgeAutomated migration from legacy data warehouses
AnnouncedGemini on DatabricksStrategic AI partnership with Google Cloud

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About this keynote

Timestamps appear where the published captions place a highlight; the others link the official recap that states them.

Keynote page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVJL7_W4dI

On stage

Companies named: 7-Eleven, Databricks, Google, HP Inc., Wineshipping

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