Databricks Oct Meetup

**Speakers** **Thoughtworks: Eric Nagler and Arun Srinivasan** **Databricks: [Kevin Hartman](mailto:kevin.hartman@databricks.com)** **Location** **200 E Randolph St. Chicago Floor 25** **Hosts** **Thoughtworks** **Agenda:** **5:00-5:30p.m Happy Hour** **5:30 (45–60 min) — AI-Ready Semantic Layers: from ontology to Genie** **\- The problem: metric views give agents dimensions & formulas\, not part\-of / is\-a / rolls\-up\-to — and Genie Ontology only infers what your assets already encode \(the "right answer\, wrong rollup" failure — not a model problem\)\.** **\- The moat: the platform moved the floor; the domain\-specific semantic layer \(metric views\, glossaries\, ontology\) is still the differentiator\.** **\- The build: rapid discovery with the Ontology Accelerator → where to model non\-metric concepts \(tables vs\. UC semantics vs\. ontology vs\. agent\) → two live demos \(infer vs\.