Real World Use Cases for Gaming With Data and AI

In this session, two seasoned game developers will share how they tackled complex, high-impact use cases using Databricks at their respective studios. From architecting scalable pipelines to balancing performance and cost, they'll walk through key technical decisions, mental models, and trade-offs that shaped their solutions. You'll hear real stories about what worked—and what didn’t—as they strive to create more immersive, player-centric experiences. Join us to gain actionable insights and best practices to accelerate your own game data strategy.

• Jean-Christophe from Ludia will share how the team turbocharges data engineering workflows by combining Databricks and dbt to drive seamless collaboration, accelerate delivery, and maintain high-quality data pipelines.
• Justin Wu from Second Dinner will walk through how they’ve implemented real-time feature serving with Databricks to support personalized, responsive gameplay experiences at scale.