The 6 next big things in data for 2026

Training data begat large language models—and ever since, they’ve been intimately bound. This year’s honorees include a database tuned for AI agents, a dataset for AI-aided diagnosis of breast tumors, and a platform that gives companies more control over how their data is acquired and used. Databricks For bringing databases up to AI speed According to Databricks, AI agent creation of test and development environments on its platform has grown from 0.1% two years ago to 97% today—a dynamic that t