Data + AI Summit 2026: the announcements that matter
A recap of Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 in San Francisco, focused on what is relevant if you run data engineering and AI/BI on Azure Databricks.
Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min read
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Bicep deploys the workspace, but nothing inside it speaks ARM. Why you need Terraform, and where Databricks Asset Bundles actually fit.
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Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines vs dbt on Databricks
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A reliable Lakehouse on Azure Databricks
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Unity Catalog: governance from day one
Why you shouldn't postpone governance, and how Unity Catalog brings access, lineage and quality into one place.
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Genie & AI/BI: self-service analytics people trust
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Yet another sushi restaurant: web scraping Thuisbezorgd and reporting in Power BI
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