Databricks 2026 Data + AI Summit Takeaways - Ali, The Conqueror

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Databricks 2026 Data + AI Summit Takeaways - Ali, The Conqueror

Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software - Market Overweight

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE June 17, 2026

Databricks 2026 Data + AI Summit Takeaways - Ali, The

Conqueror

The Wolfe Byte

We attended Databricks Data + AI Summit where we ran a live survey of 100 Alex Zukin

respondents, spoke with a number of customers and partners, and tuned in for the azukin@wolferesearch.com (415) 878-6420

company's investor session. We dissect survey results on page 6 and reach out for View Alex’s Research

investor session details. View Comp Table

Joshua Tilton, CFA

JTilton@wolferesearch.com

Key Thoughts. Listening to the keynotes, reading through the survey and walking the (415) 878-6430

floor, it was clear that this conference just Hit Different. Ali The Conqueror unleashed View Joshua’s Research

his Dragons of Innovation bringing peace to the Data Realm. The end result is a Patrick O'Neill

true Agent Native, Next Gen Enterprise Data Platform ready to power ANY mission- poneill@wolferesearch.com

(415) 878-6422

critical workflow for a hybrid man & machine ecosystem. Between some Spinal LTAP,

Mortal Kombat's Reyden, Black Panther (yes we are having some fun here), or

the Genie Ontology and Unity AI Gateway it was hard not to feel overwhelmed by

functionality and yet also unsurprised by accelerating growth across each and every

product line and region (confirmed by our survey with 51% of customers now running

AHEAD of expectations (vs. just 37% last year), while 86% expect to spend more

over the NTM (40% "significantly"). While historically Databricks targeted the Data

Sci/Eng folk, this year the Genie came out of the bottle for normies (in Finance,

Sales, Marketing & HR) that use Genie to complete daily tasks. The other profound