Optimizing Costs and Controls to Democratize Data and AI

Explore how leading technology companies enable data intelligence across their organizations while maintaining cost efficiency and governance in this 38-minute tech industry session. Learn from Databricks experts and industry leaders about empowering thousands of users—from engineers to business teams—with scalable tools for AI, business intelligence, and analytics. Discover strategies for combining AI/BI and Lakehouse Apps to streamline workflows and accelerate insights, while implementing systems tables, tagging, and governance frameworks for granular control. Understand approaches to democratizing data access while optimizing costs for large-scale analytical workloads. Gain insights from customer success stories and challenges, featuring presentations by Anup Segu (Chief Architect at YipitData), Miranda Luna (Director of Product Management at Databricks), and Vivek Srivastava (SVP Product and Engineering at OT Technology, LLC). The session includes a customer panel with industry leaders sharing practical experiences on how Databricks helps tech innovators scale their platforms while maintaining operational excellence.