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Ask, Build, Compose: What Our 5th Genie Hackathon Taught Us About Databricks Genie

Databricks, Thursday, July 9th, 2026

Databricks' fifth Genie hackathon showcased projects across agents, code, and composed autonomous systems.

Databricks held its fifth customer hackathon focused on Databricks Genie, its product family for natural language interactions with data.

The event showcased ten projects across three tracks: Genie Agents for business users asking data questions, Genie Code for analysts building analytics workflows, and composed Genie agents integrated into broader autonomous systems.

The article illustrates how governed, conversational analytics has evolved from a feature into a foundational capability across different user personas.

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