Learn behind-the-scenes highlights and attendee reactions from Data + AI Summit 2025.
Source: Databricks announcement
Key takeaways
- Data and AI Summit 2025 attracted 20,000+ in-person attendees across three hotel venues.
- Attendees logged 13-25 km walking the expanded expo, reflecting significant venue growth from prior years.
- Databricks business scaled significantly, with expo capacity doubling from the previous year.
- The summit's energy and announcements motivated attendees despite acknowledged challenges of building Databricks.
Chapters
- 0:00 — Introduction
- 1:10 — Expo walkthrough
- 1:43 — Attendee experiences
- 2:13 — Venue scale
- 2:44 — Energy and innovation
Frequently asked questions
How large was Data and AI Summit 2025?
The summit attracted over 20,000 in-person attendees, with many walking 13-25 km through the expo. It spanned three hotels in San Francisco, significantly larger than prior years.
What energized attendees about the summit?
Despite the difficulty of building Databricks, the summit's energy and announcements about meaningful, impactful products kept attendees motivated year after year.
How much did the venue expand?
The expo doubled in size from the previous year. Attendees noted they had to navigate three separate hotels, with the expo and keynote space significantly expanded.
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0:04Hey folks, here we are day two for the data summit and today I will present two talks. One of them is with my buddy Yin. Hi Yin. Hey guys. [Music]
0:38Heat. Heat. [Music]
1:10Hey, today I'm with Huang, Jonathan, and Ray. I know you. I know you. So, I'm all gonna ask you a question about your nice experience and how many time you've been to this wonderful event. I will start with you. So, I
1:32walked around the expo today and it's already 25,000 steps and we're only at 4 p.m. So, it's huge. It's much bigger than any previous summit I've been to. It's my fourth time now. So maybe next year I have to get to what 30,000 steps. Yeah, actually I did 20 kilometers uh like 2 days ago and yesterday I was like
1:54at 13 km. I haven't checked today yet. But it's crazy, right? The scale the scale of the venues and we're talking venues, right? Multiple venues. Yeah, exactly. Three hotels, I think. And uh south and west. What about you? Yeah, sames four the fourth one for me it just like last year
2:16the place for expo and keynote is now just expo we're just expanding doubling the size doubling our business it's getting bigger and bigger indeed and what about you Ray so I self serve right that's Databricks we're going self-s serve right so um this is my third data AI summit and since you guys are counting the steps I did just half of yours like 7,000 but that means I sit in
2:39a lot of meetings not moving around as much as I do lazy. Yeah, maybe that. But what I feel I and I I love the energy of data and AI summit, right? It just makes me energized, right? It's infectious. And I was just telling to Vong, right? Uh we had this chat like what brings me back every year is like if no matter how tough building is because it is tough building Databricks, right? The product
3:01sells on its own but we have to navigate so many different things of the custom side, internal and all, right? But every time I'm here, I just feel like damn, we are building something very meaningful and impactful. Haven't even hit the keynotes, right? So looking forward for that. That would be crazy. And after tomorrow, too. And I think that's also the main reason why I try to come to DICE every year because of the energy or
3:25even maybe more. Yeah. See
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