Ab Initio
Circuit mix
Where Ab Initio shows up, by circuit. Each event counts once: 2 if it sponsored, 1 if it only had speakers. Hover a segment for the conference.
- Enterprise, analyst & AI expos85%22 events
- Modern data stack & practitioner12%4 events
- Cloud providers4%1 event
Presence by conference and year
Each cell is one conference in one year. Fill shows the company sponsored, shaded by its best tier that year; a dot means it had speakers there. Hover for details; click to open the event.
- Title
- Platinum
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
- Other / unlabeled tier
- Had speakers
| Conference | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Innovation Summit | ||||||||||
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit | ||||||||||
| Big Data & AI Paris | ||||||||||
| Big Data Technology Warsaw Summit (now Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit) | ||||||||||
| DataEngBytes | ||||||||||
| Data Decoded | ||||||||||
| Big Data LDN | ||||||||||
| Google Cloud Next |
Activity by year
Three measures on one year axis; each panel has its own scale. 2027, 2028 is still mostly ahead, so its bars are faded and incomplete.
Conferences present at
Distinct conferences each year, split by whether the company sponsored or only had speakers there.
- Sponsored
- Speakers only
Distinct speakers
People from this company on a program that year, each counted once.
Sponsorships by tier
Sponsorship rows per year (one per event and listing), stacked by normalized tier.
- Title
- Platinum
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
- Other / unlabeled
Where they've grown or pulled back
UpSponsored 4 conferences in 2026, up from 3 in 2023.
Counted per conference. 2026 is the latest year whose conferences have mostly happened. Tiers use the best tier each year; swatches show the path, oldest first. A conference counts as pulled out only when a later event published a complete sponsor list, since most events don’t say whether their list is complete.
New 3
First sponsored in 2025 or later.
- Data Decodedfirst sponsored 2026, unranked tier
- DataEngBytesfirst sponsored 2025, Gold
- Google Cloud Nextfirst sponsored 2026, Bronze
Moved up 1
Best tier rose between the first and latest year with a ranked tier.
- Gartner Data & Analytics SummitSilver 2022 → Title 2027
Steady 1
Sponsored in most years of its span at the same tier.
- Data Innovation Summit6 of 7 years 2020–26, mostly unranked tier
Once or on and off 2
No clear direction, or a gap we can’t confirm because later sponsor lists are incomplete.
- Big Data & AI Paris5 of 5 years, 2019–23
- Big Data LDNonce, 2022, Silver
Lookalikes
Companies with the most similar conference footprint: they sponsor and speak at the same conferences. Bars are cosine similarity, from 0 (nothing shared) to 1 (identical).
- Stibo Systems0.91
- Altair0.90
- Pentaho0.89
- Zeenea0.88
- YOOI0.88
- APGAR0.86
- Strategy0.84
- DataGalaxy0.82
18 Cluster: Big Data & AI Paris · Gartner Data & Analytics Summit circuit →
Often sponsors alongside
Companies that sponsored the same events, by number of shared events (out of 25 this company sponsored).
Neighborhood: companies with nearby conference footprints
Ab Initio (ringed) and the 30 companies closest to it on the company map. Close together means they sponsor and speak at many of the same conferences. Distances are only meaningful locally; the axes have no meaning. Dot size: conferences present at. Color: cluster.
Sponsorships 25
| Event | Date | Place | Tier as listed | Normalized tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2027 (London) | May 10–12, 2027 | London, United Kingdom | Premier | Title |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2027 (Orlando) | Mar 8–10, 2027 | Orlando, United States | Platinum | Platinum |
| Data Innovation Summit MEA 2026 | Oct 14–15, 2026 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Event Co-Host Partner | Title |
| Data Innovation Summit 2026 | May 6–8, 2026 | Stockholm, Sweden | Partners & Exhibitors | Other |
| Data Decoded LDN 2026 | Apr 22–23, 2026 | London, United Kingdom | Exhibitor | Other |
| Google Cloud Next '26 | Apr 22–24, 2026 | Las Vegas, United States | Velocity | Bronze |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026 (Orlando) | Mar 9–11, 2026 | Orlando, United States | Platinum | Platinum |
| DataEngBytes 2025 Sydney | Jul 29–30, 2025 | Sydney, Australia | Gold | Gold |
| DataEngBytes 2025 Melbourne | Jul 24–25, 2025 | Melbourne, Australia | Gold | Gold |
| Data Innovation Summit 2025 | May 7–8, 2025 | Stockholm, Sweden | Partners and Exhibitors | Other |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2024 (London) | May 13–15, 2024 | London, United Kingdom | Premier | Title |
| Data Innovation Summit 2024 | Apr 24–25, 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden | Partners and Exhibitors | Other |
| Big Data & AI Paris 2023 | Sep 25–26, 2023 | Paris, France | Strategic | Other |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2023 (London) | May 22–24, 2023 | London, United Kingdom | Platinum | Platinum |
| Data Innovation Summit 2023 | May 11–12, 2023 | Stockholm, Sweden | Partners and Exhibitors | Other |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2023 (Orlando) | Mar 20–22, 2023 | Orlando, United States | Silver | Silver |
| Big Data & AI Paris 2022 | Sep 26–27, 2022 | Paris, France | STRATEGIC SPONSORS | Other |
| Big Data LDN 2022 | Sep 21–22, 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Silver Sponsors | Silver |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2022 (Orlando) | Aug 22–24, 2022 | Orlando, United States | Silver | Silver |
| Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2022 (London) | May 9–11, 2022 | London, United Kingdom | Silver | Silver |
| Data Innovation Summit 2022 | May 5–6, 2022 | Stockholm, Sweden | Partners and Exhibitors | Other |
| Big Data & AI Paris 2021 | Sep 28–29, 2021 | Paris, France | SPONSORS STRATEGIC | Other |
| Big Data & AI Paris 2020 | Sep 14–15, 2020 | Paris, France | Exhibitor | Unlabeled |
| Data Innovation Summit 2020 | Aug 18–21, 2020 | — | Partners and Exhibitors 2020 | Other |
| Big Data Paris 2019 | Mar 11–12, 2019 | Paris, France | Strategic Sponsors | Other |
Speakers 8
| Speaker | Event | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Brobst | Data Innovation Summit 2026 | keynote | — | — |
| Rhys Duggan | Data Decoded LDN 2026 | speaker | Agentic AI is the biggest shift since the internet. Here’s how you can leverage it | — |
| Rhys Duggan | Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit 2026 | keynote | Bring AI to Your Data: Conversational Access Without Centralization | — |
| Rhys Duggan | Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit 2026 | roundtable | 1. Making a Data Platform Ready for AI: What Does It Mean for You? What Works? | — |
| John Uiterwyk | DataEngBytes 2025 Sydney | speaker | How Metadata-enabled Agentic AI Accelerates Enterprise Value | Video |
| John Uiterwyk | DataEngBytes 2025 Melbourne | speaker | How Metadata-enabled Agentic AI Accelerates Enterprise Value | Video |
| Stephen Brobst | Data Innovation Summit 2025 | keynote | — | — |
| Jonathan Sunderland | Data & AI Warsaw Tech Summit 2025 | speaker | AI Fabric: Advanced Context Engineering for Smarter AI Solutions | — |