With 75k attendees (and 12k in person at the sold-out show), the conference is kicked off by Ari Kaplan (Head of Evangelism, Databricks) and Pearl Ubaru (Sr Technical Marketing Engineer, Databricks). Hear what to expect on the state of data and AI, Databricks, the community, and why the theme is "Generation AI". WE are the generation to make AI a reality, and we all can have a part in shaping this new phase of technology and humanity.