It’s time to scale AI. Join #DataAIWorldTour# 2026 in a city near you for a free, one-day event focused on moving AI beyond experimentation with governed data, models, apps and agents. Hear the latest announcements, learn from customers and technical experts, and explore practical ways to put enterprise AI into production. Find your city:

[DEMO] Shift your organization from the old world of “tokenmaxxing” to the new era of “valuemaxxing” with Unity AI Gateway. At #DataAISummit#, Databricks Software Engineer @ankit_math showed how real-time budget policies can guide developers toward more token-efficient models, Omnigent can route work based on task complexity and quality needs, and centralized agent tracing in Unity Catalog can help teams govern usage and stay in control. Watch the full demo:

At Flink Forward Asia Shenzhen 2026, NVIDIA’s Chuan Chen shared how NVIDIA and Alibaba Cloud accelerate multimodal data stream processing for Apache Flink: “NVIDIA and Alibaba Cloud's team technically collaborate to enable the CUDA library-accelerated multimodal data stream processing of Apache Flink.” This open-source collaboration enables end-to-end, high-performance multimodal streaming architectures for AI commentary, live image-text feeds, and interactive Q&A. #NVIDIA# #AlibabaCloud# #ApacheFlink# #DataAI# #AI# #Multimodal# #RealTimeStreaming#

At Flink Forward Asia Shenzhen 2026, Feng Wang, Researcher and Head of Open Data Platform at Alibaba Cloud & Vice Chair of the Alibaba Open Source Committee, highlighted the evolving data foundation for AI: "In the AI era, models and data together determine the quality and efficiency of Agents. Apache Flink evolves into Agentic Streaming for AI, working alongside Agentic Lake to build AI-native data platform." The next generation of intelligent agents is built on a unified, AI-native data infrastructure designed for real-time agentic workflows. #AlibabaCloud# #ApacheFlink# #ApachePaimon# #ApacheFluss# #DataAI# #AI# #Agent# #RealTimeData#

At Flink Forward Asia Shenzhen 2026, Feifei Li, CTO of Alibaba Cloud and President of International Business, shared his perspective on the future of AI: "As the agent era takes off, one concept will dominate—Data Gravity. AI must tackle complex work and, more importantly, create tangible value in real enterprise workflows." AI isn't just about smarter models—it's about solving complex enterprise challenges and delivering real business value. #AlibabaCloud# #ApacheFlink# #ApachePaimon# #ApacheFluss# #DataAI# #AI# #Agent# #RealTimeData#

⏳ 1 Day to Go! Flink Forward Asia 2026 — Main Forum Agenda Revealed! FFA2026 brings together world-class tech leaders to showcase the full picture of real-time data intelligence — from Alibaba Cloud's Agent-native to AI-native evolution, and from automotive to embodied AI industry scenarios. 📅 June 26–27 | InterContinental Shenzhen OCT, Shenzhen ⚡ Limited seats available — don't miss out! 📝 Note: All sessions will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese. #FlinkForwardAsia# #FFA2026# #ApacheFlink# #RealTimeData# #DataAI# #AIAgent# #AgenticAI# #StreamingData# #OpenSource# #AlibabaCloud# #EmbodiedAI# #DataEngineering#

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Data + AI World Tour is underway! 🌐 We kicked off the tour this week with stops in São Paulo, Singapore, and Sydney, with 17 more cities still to come. Join us to hear the latest from Databricks leaders, technical experts, customers, and partners, then dive into sessions on AI apps and agents, analytics, governance, and more. Find an event near you: