Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026 made one thing clear: this is no longer just a data platform. From sub-millisecond reads with Lakehouse//RT to CustomerLake, App Builder, and ZeroOps, the announcements tell a single architectural story. Here's what stood out, and why the most important AI news wasn't about AI at all.

Databricks Genie Code hit a 77.1% task success rate in production data science workflows — more than double what general-purpose coding agents achieve. But that performance is entirely conditional on the quality of your Unity Catalog metadata. SunnyData's two-week evaluation breaks down what works, what doesn't, and the governance layer you need before you go live.

Master data relationships in Databricks Genie with and without foreign keys. Complete guide to using Unity Catalog constraints and defining custom joins for better AI insights.