Weston Hutchins
Weston is the Head of Product for Applied AI and Developer Experience at Databricks, where he leads the team behind Databricks Assistant and DatabricksIQ, driving innovations in generative AI, Text-to-SQL, and semantic search. Previously, held leadership roles at Google and Microsoft, managing product teams that worked on Kubernetes, Azure Compute, and VS Code. A University of Florida graduate in Computer and Electrical Engineering, Weston specializes in AI, developer tools, and scalable platform solutions.
Speaker Sessions
Lessons Learned From Building Databricks Assistant
Databricks Assistant is a compound AI agent tailored to Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and SQL Analysts. In this session, I'll explore some of the lessons we learned from building the Assistant along with tips for applying AI to enterprise data. Come learn about UX best practices, Text-to-SQL, fine-tuned code models, and how best to evaluate quality.