Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
More software will be built in the next year than throughout the whole history of humanity. And every one of these new systems requires an database designed for AI.
It's why Databricks built Lakebase, a fully-managed, serverless Postgres database for AI apps and agents. At Data + AI Summit 2026, Nikita Shamgunov, VP, Engineering of Databricks, explained how the team re-architected Postgres and outlined the features that help Lakebase out perform industry rivals, including the first fully-managed cloud disaster recovery.
00:00 — How AI is changing software development
01:56 — The pros and cons of Postgres
02:28 — Re-architecting Postgres
03:45 — The transformative power of Lakebase
07:27 — Why Lakebase is ready for any workload
07:44 — The first fully-managed cloud DR
08:57 — Lakebase momentum
More software will be built in the next year than throughout the whole history of humanity. And every one of these new systems requires an database designed for AI.
It's why Databricks built Lakebase, a fully-managed, serverless Postgres database for AI apps and agents. At Data + AI Summit 2026, Nikita Shamgunov, VP, Engineering of Databricks, explained how the team re-architected Postgres and outlined the features that help Lakebase out perform industry rivals, including the first fully-managed cloud disaster recovery.
00:00 — How AI is changing software development
01:56 — The pros and cons of Postgres
02:28 — Re-architecting Postgres
03:45 — The transformative power of Lakebase
07:27 — Why Lakebase is ready for any workload
07:44 — The first fully-managed cloud DR
08:57 — Lakebase momentum
