Best Moments from DAIS 2025: A Look Back Before We Do It Again at DAIS 2026!

Tushar_Parekar
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
A Year in Review ยท Databricks Community

๐ŸŒŸ Best Moments from DAIS 2025

A Look Back Before We Do It All Again โ€” June 9โ€“12, 2025 ยท San Francisco

Hey Community ๐Ÿ‘‹

As we gear up for Data + AI Summit 2026, we wanted to take a moment to look back at the magic that was DAIS 2025 โ€” four unforgettable days in San Francisco that genuinely changed how we think about the lakehouse.

Here's a curated highlight reel of the best moments โ€” pulled straight from the community.

22,000+
Attendees
700+
Sessions
11+
Major Announcements
600+
Booth Visitors / Day

๐ŸŽฌ Kickoff Day โ€” "It Was Officially On!"

The moment Moscone opened, you could feel it. The excitement was real at the Community Booth near the Expo Hall. Attendees were connecting with the team, meeting community members, and showcasing all the amazing things happening in the Databricks Community.

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๐ŸŒŸ Day 1 (June 11) โ€” Keynote Day

This was the day the announcements landed โ€” the Day 1 keynote rewrote the lakehouse playbook. The Databricks Community Booth near the Expo Hall was absolutely buzzing, with 500+ visitors dropping by to say hi, explore what was new, and get involved with the community.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ The Big Drops โ€” DAIS 2025 Announcements

๐Ÿš€ DAIS 2025 dropped Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Spark Declarative Pipelines, Lakeflow Designer, UC Metrics, Lakebridge, Free Edition, and Native Gemini โ€” plus GA for Lakeflow, AI/BI, and Databricks Apps โ€” in one unforgettable keynote. (DAIS 2025 โ€” Announcements ๐Ÿ”—)

โ€” @ilir_nuredini
๐Ÿ’ฅ Three drops, one verdict: Lakebase, Agent Bricks, and Free Edition didn't just headline DAIS 2025 โ€” they redefined what's possible on the lakehouse. (read the community take ๐Ÿ”—)

โ€” @Brahmareddy

๐Ÿ”ฅ Day 2 (June 12) โ€” "What an Incredible Day"

Day 2 welcomed 600+ attendees to the Databricks Community Booth โ€” they brought curiosity, insights, and enthusiasm for all things data. From screen names to handshakes, it was an unforgettable chance to meet incredible Community members in person.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ The Community Voice โ€” Best Comments of the Week

The real magic of DAIS 2025 lived in the threads โ€” here's what our community had to say:

"Just had the chance to meet @Sujitha from the Databricks Community team in the Expo Hall. Such a warm and passionate person who truly believes in the power of communityโ€ฆ Being here as a Databricks Community member and Champion felt truly special. The sessions, the energy, the innovation โ€” everything was pushing me to learn more and give back even more."

โ€” @Brahmareddy
"A special shout-out to the product team for unveiling Agent Bricks and the Lakeflow Designer preview โ€” your demos highlighted how these tools will empower us to build more scalable, cost-effective, and governed AI solutions. The MLflow showcase and AI Functions roadmap session were equally educating."

โ€” @iezhil_11
"So many amazing new things announced during the keynote."

โ€” @renato-moreira
"What an amazing start! ๐ŸŽ‰ So exciting to see such strong engagement from the Databricks community."

โ€” @omerdogan7
"Joined the virtual one. Databricks Data+AI Summit Virtual. As a data engineer the announcements that drew my attention โ€” Lakebase: a transactional database storing data in object stores in open formats, low-cost data storage with compute segregated. Branching and copy-on-write clones available. Lakeflow: New ETL Editor integrated for visual ETL (drag and drop)โ€ฆ"

โ€” @Sankha_Mondal

๐Ÿ”ฎ Looking Ahead to DAIS 2026

If 2025 was about unifying data + AI on the lakehouse, 2026 is shaping up to be about operationalizing it at scale.

๐Ÿ“Œ Register now for Data + AI Summit 2026

Drop your favorite DAIS 2025 moment in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡

See you in San Francisco ๐ŸŒ‰

Brahmareddy
Esteemed Contributor

Hello Tushar

Honored beyond words to be featured in this recap. Thank you, Community team, for the mention and for putting together such a beautiful look back.

What DAIS 2025 gave me wasn't just a notebook full of announcements. It was a renewed belief that the future of data is being built by people who genuinely care, both inside Databricks and across this community. Lakebase, Agent Bricks, UC Metrics, and the rest of the lineup were exciting on stage, but watching them shape real conversations and real builds over the past year has been even more exciting.

I'll be in San Francisco for DAIS 2026 with deeper love for this platform, more conviction in where it's heading, and more determination to give back to the community that has given me so much. To anyone on the fence about attending, come. You'll leave with more than you expected. See you in June.

Sumit_7
Honored Contributor III

The numbers speaks louder!! Excited for the DAIS 26.