Prior to the kickoff of MongoDB .local NYC on June 22, the document-oriented database provider MongoDB Inc. saw its stock soar with blowout fiscal first-quarter earnings results.That posed some interesting trends to watch as the conference got underway in New York: How was artificial intelligence contributing to the market interest and stock prices? And how was MongoDB utilizing AI to secure a competitive advantage? Some of those questions were answered during the conference, including the company announcing it would beef up its cloud database MongoDB Atlas with a series of new products and features

The transformative power of artificial intelligence and the critical role played by open source in driving innovation headlined this week’s MongoDB.Local NYC event.At the conclusion of the event