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AWS and Databricks at Data + AI Summit 2026: Accelerating real-world AI innovation
Sarah Jack, Taylor Hoss
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Summary
AWS and Databricks describe their expanded collaboration at Data + AI Summit 2026, where AWS returns as a Legend Sponsor with sessions, demos, customer stories, and industry forums. The partnership centers on generative AI adoption, unified governance, and open data architectures, including an agentic stack that combines Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, Kiro, and the Databricks Data + AI Platform. A featured integration uses a governed MCP connection through Databricks Apps so AgentCore can query Unity Catalog-governed data, ask AI/BI Genie questions, and read low-latency state from Lakebase while honoring existing permissions. AWS will demonstrate these workflows at Booth #100 and present a session on federating Unity Catalog to AWS Glue, alongside customer examples including Mastercard, Talkdesk, nCino, Addepar, and Workday. Attendees can also join technical conversations, receptions, and a 14-day Databricks on AWS Marketplace trial with $400 in usage credits.
Context
AWS is returning to Data + AI Summit 2026 as a Legend Sponsor amid growing enterprise use of data and AI. The summit is expected to attract more than 30,000 attendees in San Francisco and virtually, with a focus on generative AI, governance, scalable data architectures, and industry applications.
Approach / What changed
AWS and Databricks are presenting integrated data and AI capabilities through sessions, customer examples, industry forums, and demonstrations. The featured architecture pairs Amazon Bedrock and Bedrock AgentCore with the Databricks Data + AI Platform, using governed connections to Unity Catalog, AI/BI Genie, and Lakebase.
Takeaways
- The featured agentic architecture connects Bedrock AgentCore to Databricks through a governed MCP connection via Databricks Apps, allowing agents to query Unity Catalog-governed data, use AI/BI Genie, and read low-latency state from Lakebase while honoring existing permissions.
- AWS will showcase agent workflows, governed data access, and an end-to-end build using Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, Databricks Mosaic AI, and Genie at Booth #100.
- A featured session describes Mastercard’s federation of Databricks Unity Catalog to AWS Glue, while customers including Talkdesk, nCino, Addepar, and Workday are cited as using Databricks on AWS.