Databricks has announced the winners of its 2026 Customer Awards, recognizing 10 organizations and leaders across 8 categories and 4 regions. Winners include Applied Materials (semiconductor data modernization), Virgin Atlantic (unified airline operations data), Fonterra (dairy cooperative analytics), Vivo/Telefónica Brazil (telecom lakehouse), Virtue Foundation (global health volunteer matching), Octopus Energy (10 trillion rows/year for virtual power plant management), Axpo (GenAI multi-agent platform AxploreAI), Atlassian (petabyte-scale security lakehouse via Project Banyan), Rivian's Wassym Bensaid (AI-defined vehicles at 500-600 PB scale), and Lippert's Kenan Colson (enterprise AI adoption across customer care, finance, and HR).
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Excellence Award - North America: Applied MaterialsExcellence Award - EMEA: Virgin AtlanticExcellence Award - APJ: Fonterra Co‑operative GroupExcellence Award - LATAM: Telefónica | VivoFor Good Award: Virtue FoundationDisruptor Award: Octopus EnergyAI Innovation Award: AxpoTransformation Award: AtlassianVisionary Award: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, Wassym Bensaid, Co-CEO & CTOChampion Award: Lippert, Kenan Colson, VP of Data and AICongratulations to all of our 2026 winners:196 Impressions