INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
STARTUPS
STARTUP FOUNDERS AND LEADERS WILL SHARE REAL VALUE AND OUTCOMES ON:
- Build and Iterate at Startup Speed
Move from idea to production faster with a unified data and AI platform. Learn how startups are leveraging Databricks Lakebase and Databricks Apps to build real-time, operational applications — from AI-native products to internal tooling — directly on their data foundation.
- Scale From 0 → 1 → 100 Without Replatforming
See how leading startups are going from prototype to production with Agent Bricks, deploying domain-specific AI agents that reason over proprietary data, adapt to real-world workflows, and scale with enterprise-grade performance, governance and cost efficiency.
- Win Enterprise Customers Earlier
Learn how startups are building credibility from day one, leveraging governed data, secure architectures and production-ready AI to meet the expectations of enterprise buyers and accelerate deal cycles.
Featured speakers
Join leading experts, researchers and open source contributors — from Databricks, across the data and AI community, and in the startups industry — who will speak at Data + AI Summit.
Steve
Sobel
Sr. Director, Startup and Venture Programs,
Databricks
Dan
Tobin
VP, Startups GTM,
Databricks
Andrew
Ferguson
VP, Corporate Development,
Databricks
Maximize your Summit
Data + AI Summit is the global event for the data community, where leaders, visionaries and practitioners across industries gather to shape the future of data, analytics and AI.
Forum
Learn from the Databricks Startup leadership team, VC leaders, startup founders and early-stage customers with keynotes and panel discussions.
Connect with startup data and AI leaders, senior engineers and architects driving innovation at scale
Explore real-world use cases of agents and operational apps powering startup organizations
Learn proven strategies from technical leaders who’ve delivered measurable outcomes with data, analytics and AI
How Startups Are Winning With Data Intelligence
Join founders, operators and investors to explore how leading startups are building, scaling and monetizing AI applications on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
APPLICATION LAYER
Build Production AI Apps Faster
Go from prototype to production with a unified platform. Learn how Databricks Apps and Lakebase enable startups to build real-time, AI-powered applications — combining data, models and business logic without fragmented infrastructure.
AI AGENTS
Deploy Trusted AI Agents
Move beyond demos to reliable agents in production. Discover how Agent Bricks helps startups build domain-specific agents that reason on proprietary data, with built-in evaluation, governance and model flexibility.
INTELLIGENT ANALYTICS
Turn Data Into Decisions Instantly
Empower every team with conversational analytics. See how Genie enables founders and operators to query data using natural language — unlocking real-time insights across product, GTM and operations without dashboards.
Session previews
Take a peek at some of the upcoming sessions we’re extra excited about.
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0 to 100 AI/BI Apps in 120 Days: Building an Enterprise Data and AI Platform From Scratch @ Alpura
800TB, Zero Pipelines: How Ensemble Health Partners Built an AI-Ready Revenue Cycle on Lakebase
Accelerating AI From Model to Impact at Workday With Databricks Apps
Accelerating Corteva’s Data Source Onboarding With Lakeflow
Agent Evaluations
Agentic Feature Engineering: How McAfee Drives Personalization With Agent Bricks
AI Agents for the Frontline: 7-Eleven’s GenAI Maintenance Assistant
Alinta Energy’s Data Platform: From Platform Migration to Enterprise Ready AI-Driven Energy Ops
Apps Factory on Databricks: Provision, Standardize, Observe and Govern 100+ Apps
AstraZeneca's Multi-Agent System: Lessons Scaling Agents by 10x With Agent Bricks
Automating KPI Reasoning and Narrative Generation With Agent Bricks and Databricks Apps
Beacon: Revolutionizing Media Analytics With Near Real-Time Declarative Pipelines
Beyond Batch: Engineering Self-Evolving Ingestion with Databricks Auto Loader
Beyond Dashboards: How Grupo Bimbo Delivers Insights with Databricks AgentBricks
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Data engineers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, AI researchers and practitioners, business executives, IT decision-makers, product managers, entrepreneurs, investors and more.
The premier event for the global data, analytics and AI community. Summit brings together data practitioners, leaders and visionaries from more than 160 countries to explore the latest technologies and trends. Attendees can also participate in conference training and brand-new certification courses.
The conference will take place at Moscone North, West and South (the address is 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103). Some events and activities may be a short walking distance from Moscone.
We’ve partnered with several hotels in San Francisco offering special group rates for attendees. Book through the Data + AI Summit registration page to receive the event rate (subject to availability). See the list of recommended hotels, all conveniently located near Moscone Center.
The full conference pass will include keynotes, Expo, breakout sessions, networking events and virtual access.