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Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

Tushar_Parekar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:12:10 GMT

✨ 🌟 💫

✨ The Genie has spoken

And the winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge are… 🎉

A few weeks ago, we threw down a challenge: build something incredible with Databricks Apps and Genie Agent. And wow, you delivered. 🔥

From smart, real-world problem-solvers to wildly creative passion projects, we were blown away by the imagination, skill, and sheer variety of what you built across two tracks. Picking winners was not easy, but the scores are in, and it’s time to celebrate! 🥳

👏 With thanks

First, a massive thank you to our judges.

Every single submission was reviewed from multiple angles, against the criteria we shared at launch. A big effort behind the scenes, thank you to the brilliant panel who made it happen:

Ashwin

@Ashwin_DSA

💜 Community Fellow

Emma

@emma_s

💜 Community Fellow

Anuj

@anuj_lathi

💜 Community Fellow

Philip Laserstein

@PL_db

🧞 Genie Community Team

Ashwin, Emma & Anuj · our Community Fellows 💜
The awesome Bricksters who show up: in the community, for customers, and for you. Each is an expert in their own domain, which made them the perfect crew to judge your work from every angle.

Philip · from the Genie Community team 🧞
Who joined the panel to judge the apps through a true Genie lens.

✨ 🧲 ✨

🏆 Wishes granted

And the scores are in.

🎯 Track A

Real-World Problem-Solving

35.7

POINTS

🥇 1st Place · Gold

ChicagoPulse

Brian Denis Castelino

@bcastelino 

34.7

POINTS

🥈 2nd Place · Silver

Bushfire Exposure Across Victoria’s Powerline Network

Vivekanandan Priya Kumar

@VivekKumar 

🎨 Track B

Creativity & Originality

POINTS

🥇 1st Place · Gold

Le Greffier

Ust Oldfield

@UstOldfield 

34.7

POINTS

🥈 2nd Place · Silver

Prove It

Ivan Vydrin

@ivanvyd 

🎁 Winners, swag is heading your way! Our team will reach out soon to grab your details.

🎤 On stage

Taking the stage!

The top project from each track has earned something special: a spot to present their work live in an upcoming BrickTalk session.

✨ Track A Spotlight

ChicagoPulse

Brian Denis Castelino

@bcastelino

✨ Track B Spotlight

Le Greffier

Ust Oldfield

@UstOldfield

We’ll be reaching out to our top two soon to finalize the details, stay tuned for when and where you’ll be able to catch these projects live!

👏 So close

Right on the winners’ heels.

Two projects absolutely deserve a shoutout:

→ The Exfiltration · Oleksandr Kinashchuk (@okinashchuk)

→ Gridiron Genie: an NFL matchup room powered by Databricks Genie Agent · Dan Wiltse (@dan_wiltse )

Incredible work, you made the final calls genuinely tough. 💪

💜

To every participant

You pushed what’s possible with Genie Agent.

You didn’t just enter a challenge, you pushed what’s possible with Genie Agent and shared it with the whole community. That’s a big deal.

🏅 A participation badge will soon appear on your profile page.

📝 We’ll also be sharing the judges’ feedback with you, so you can see what stood out and keep leveling up.

✨ 🧞 ✨

👋 What’s next

Keep an eye out for the next mystery challenge. 🤫

It’s been genuinely lovely watching your ideas come to life. The community frequently hosts challenges like this, so keep an eye on the community for what’s coming.

See you around the community! 💙

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

ivanvyd — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:10:02 GMT

Thank you a lot, that was an interesting experience 🙂

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

sandeepbojanala — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:16:29 GMT

Congratulations to all the winners.

I had a submission @Tushar_Parekar would your team send the scores of individual submissions and if there is any feedback. This would help me do better in the next competition.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

Advika_ — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:19:27 GMT

Hi @sandeepbojanala! Yes, we’ll be sharing the feedback and scores with you soon!
Hope it helps you with your next competition.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

sandeepbojanala — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:24:06 GMT

Thanks @Advika_

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

sudiptob-DA — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:29:59 GMT

yes if we get our individual scores that will be helpful for us to assess the future posts.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

rk-tf — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:52:05 GMT

Congrats Ivan. Amazing work! I'd be interested to know more about this.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

VivekKumar — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:37:08 GMT

Thanks to the Databricks team, this was a great learning experience. Congratulations to @bcastelino and @UstOldfield. Looking forward to the next challenge.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

UstOldfield — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:02:56 GMT

Thanks for organising the competition! It was a lot of fun!

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

bcastelino — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:59:40 GMT

Really happy to see ChicagoPulse win Gold in Track A!

Thank you to the Databricks Community, the judges, and everyone who put the Genie Powered App Challenge together. I had a lot of fun building this and working on a real Chicago civic data use case. Looking forward to what comes next.

In case anyone wants to read it:

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

GauriBhogle — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:45:33 GMT

Congratulations to the winners! 🎉

Thank you for organizing this competition. It was a great learning experience, and I’m looking forward to participating in more challenges like this.

I’m also looking forward to receiving the judges’ feedback on my submission.

Re: Databricks Community Contest | Winners of the Genie-Powered App Challenge!

amitsharma1707 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:41:51 GMT

congratulation