It was fully understood prior to the Data + AI Summit in San Francisco last week that Databricks Inc. was well-positioned in the marketplace but faced some critical strategic decisions in its future.Those decisions pose particular relevance in the context of artificial intelligence, which the company nodded at with its “generation AI” theme this year. So how might the company plot its route ahead? And how did it perform during the Data + AI Summit? In the view of industry analyst John Furrier, the event hit a “home run” with analysts, demonstrating that generative AI is hitting everything from the physical storage layer, to compute, all the way to the application

The world of data storage is undergoing a remarkable transformation fueled by the convergence of data and artificial intelligence.As organizations seek to unlock the immense potential of their data, innovative companies such as Vast Data Inc. are rethinking traditional storage approaches and paving the way for a new era of data-driven innovation.In an exclusive interview, Jeff Denworth (pictured), co-founder of Vast Data, shared his insights on the future of data storage and the crucial role it plays in the AI equation