Tech Industry Session: How AI is Redefining the Way Apps are Built
Overview
| Experience | In Person |
|---|---|
| Track | Artificial Intelligence & Agents |
| Industry | Enterprise Technology |
| Technologies | Unity Catalog, Databricks Apps, Agent Bricks |
| Skill Level | Intermediate |
The traditional blueprint for building applications is more than 20 years old and optimized for a fragmented, ETL-heavy architectures of the early cloud era. The rise of agentic AI has broken this model, forcing us to reimagine how we — or perhaps agents — will build applications for the next 20 years. Today's AI native applications are increasingly written by agents, require easy access to real-time context and AI generated insights from other agents that legacy cloud platforms cannot provide without an expensive "Architectural Tax."Join Akhil Gupta and engineering leaders from the leading tech companies as they discuss the shift from legacy stacks to an interoperable foundation. We’ll explore the "Lakebase" paradigm, where Lakebase, Databricks Apps and Agent Bricks provide the modern way to build AI-native applications. This session will move beyond the "vibe check," offering a candid look at how to eliminate silos and ship governed, production-grade AI applications at scale.Key topics include:
- Identifying and eliminating the "Architectural Tax" imposed by legacy cloud silos.
- Understanding why AI-native applications require an interoperable app foundation: Lakebase.
- How do you provide easy access to AI to these applications with Agent Bricks and Databricks Apps
- Learn how a unified governance layer for both your data and AI helps you move from experimental prototypes to production agents faster.
Session Speakers
Akhil Gupta
/VP of Engineering, Databricks AI
Databricks
Phoenix Majumder
/Senior Director, Data and AI
Workday
Jaya Upadhyay
/Sr Director, Enterprise Data Platform
Zillow