Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji

Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji co-founded Databricks, growing it to one of the most influential tech companies in history. Arsalan, who runs Field Engineering, will expand from the mainstage keynotes and discuss how companies are implementing, monetizing, and scaling with enterprise intelligence.

Financial intelligence beats general intelligence. Trading books reprice in milliseconds, fraud patterns shift with every payment rail, and supervisors in your backyard are already asking how your models work, not if you use them. Generic AI can summarize the noise; it cannot safely move capital or satisfy regulators. Financial intelligence — built on unified, governed, and secure data — can. At the Financial Services Forum, leaders from retail and community banks, asset managers, insurers and advisory firms will share how they are unifying data, deploying domain‑trained models and running agentic AI with firm governance controls. The result: AI decisions that are fast, explainable, audit‑ready and built on the unified intelligence only your data can provide.

Overflow Available First come, first serve. No reservation required. Where: Moscone South, Level 3, Room 302 Join the 60-minute kickoff session at the Financial Services Forum to explore how data and AI transform finance. Featuring keynotes from top innovators in banking, capital markets, and insurance and exciting announcements from Databricks, this event offers invaluable insights. What to expect: - Business imperatives: Learn how institutions drive growth, reduce risk and boost efficiency with data intelligence - Transformative vision: See how Databricks enhances fraud prevention, automates processes and personalizes experiences - Cutting-edge insights: Discover the latest trends in data-driven finance - Customer success stories: Hear how global leaders leverage data and AI for a competitive edge Connect with C-suite executives and industry pioneers shaping financial services. Leave with actionable strategies to drive growth, ensure compliance and transform your organization through intelligence-driven decisions!

Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji co-founded Databricks, growing it to one of the most influential tech companies in history. Arsalan will expand from the mainstage keynotes, and discuss how companies are implementing, monetizing, and scaling data intelligence.