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Building something interesting with data and AI? Put it on stage. #DataAISummit 2026 Call for Presentations is open. We’re inviting data engineers, AI pioneers, scientists, analysts, and practitioners to share how they’re pushing what’s possible with data and AI. Whether you’re working with Databricks, open source technologies, or foundational models like Claude, Gemini, and GPT, we want to see what you’ve built and hear about the impact it’s made. Submit your proposal by February 13, 2026 https://lnkd.in/g9xzz2eD

[Demo] Build and evaluate a multi-agent system on Databricks using only natural language. This demo walks through creating a bookstore assistant that combines structured inventory data, a RAG chatbot for book knowledge, and a web search tool. It shows how agents coordinate tasks through a supervisor and how output quality is improved using labeling sessions, natural language feedback, and built-in evaluation metrics. https://lnkd.in/gijcfcci

What if you could use AI to write and run code, build visualizations, and fix its own bugs? And ask using just natural language? Databricks Assistant Agent Mode provides AI-powered data analysis and visualizations with simple prompting. Databricks’ Pearl Ubaru, MS walks through the workflow step by step: https://lnkd.in/gdNnF_GR

We recently introduced a set of upgrades to Lakebase that simplify how teams manage operational data for data intelligent applications. What's new, including exciting Neon feature updates: - Serverless autoscaling with scale to zero, for dynamic workloads - Instant database branching for faster, safer development, testing and CI - Automated backups and point-in-time recovery for fast restore - Expanded Postgres version support - A new UI that simplifies everyday workflows Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gPjKVt5t

“At the end of the day, it's all about protecting our customers at the highest level that we possibly can — and making sure that we have the best efficacy in the industry.” Barracuda's Chief Product Officer Neal Bradbury shares how the company is training advanced models to combat phishing and network attacks — enabling fast, agentic AI responses, and ensuring secure governance. Barracuda is uniting product and customer data on Databricks to power BarracudaONE: an AI-driven cybersecurity platform that protects hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide.

The first Databricks Free Edition Hackathon highlighted what builders can create when ideas move quickly to working prototypes. Participants from 16 countries used Free Edition to build data and AI projects, with three entries standing out for their technical depth, creativity, and impact. Winning projects: - Turn unstructured technical videos into searchable insights: VidMind by Narender Kumar - Zoe B.’s space weather system for predicting power grid failures from solar events - Hasnat Abdul’s NLP-powered recipe recommendation engine Explore the projects and start building with Databricks Free Edition: https://lnkd.in/gmhRihhp

[DEMO] See how Lakebase acts as the transactional data layer for data and AI apps by bringing fully managed, serverless Postgres into the Databricks lakehouse. What you'll learn: - What Lakebase is and how it fits into the Databricks ecosystem - Why Lakebase uses Serverless Postgres and what that enables - How to use Lakebase for data apps, internal tools, and AI agents Databricks Senior Developer Advocate Andre Landgraf walks through the architecture and a live example: https://lnkd.in/gamF5rJR

Analytics teams want to spend more time answering questions and less time tuning systems or tracking down costs. Recent improvements have made Databricks SQL 5x faster on average, with performance delivered automatically and no index or parameter management required. Learn how Databricks SQL delivers faster analytics with no tuning. https://lnkd.in/gPWUnGvs

The Databricks Learning Festival is back! Complete a self-paced learning pathway in data engineering, analytics, machine learning, generative AI, Apache Spark™, data warehousing, and more. Finish all modules in at least one pathway to unlock: - 50% off a Databricks certification - 20% off an annual Academy Labs subscription Join us and invest in your data and AI skills - now through Jan 19: https://lnkd.in/giuFHuCR

We’re heading to retail’s biggest stage! Join us at #NRF2026 to see how retailers are putting AI agents to work across the enterprise with Databricks. Stop by booth #6429 to explore live demos and see how customers and partners are operationalizing AI in production.