dbt Summit 2026 recap: dbt v2, agents, and the dbt Community

dbt Summit 2026 brought 1,000+ data and analytics engineers to Las Vegas for three days of keynotes, product launches, and 80+ breakout sessions covering AI agents, data governance, and the future of the dbt platform. Here's a look back — and everything you can still watch on demand. This year's dbt Summit energy was impossible to miss: a packed keynote stage, a phone booth full of confessions from the dbt community, and some of the best minds in analytics engineering trading war stories about what it actually takes to run dbt at scale. 🚀 What we announced on stage: dbt v2 — a rebuilt, Rust-based engine with linting up to 250x faster dbt State — smarter orchestration that already cut dbt Labs' own jobs from 19 to 2 dbt Wizard — an AI agent that shows its work inside your dbt project dbt Charts — a new open-source language for dashboards that live in your dbt repo A new context layer for AI agents, built with Fivetran, so agents stop guessing and start getting it right 🎤 On stage with us: Practitioners from Nordstrom, DoorDash, Figma, DocuSign, Ramp, AWS, Okta, Delivery Hero, CarGurus, Planned Parenthood, and dozens more shared how they're putting dbt and AI to work — from cutting a 72-minute pipeline to 5 minutes, to scaling a semantic layer to nearly 3,000 models. Didn't make it this year? Every keynote and breakout session is available on demand. 👉 Watch dbt Summit 2026 on demand: https://www.getdbt.com/dbt-summit Frequently asked questions: Q: What is dbt Summit? A: dbt Summit is dbt Labs' annual conference for the analytics engineering community, bringing together practitioners, partners, and dbt Labs leadership for keynotes and breakout sessions on data and AI. Q: What did dbt Labs announce at dbt Summit 2026? A: dbt Labs announced dbt v2 (a Rust-based rebuild of the dbt engine), dbt State for smarter orchestration, dbt Wizard AI agent, dbt Charts, and new context-engineering capabilities for AI agents built with Fivetran. Q: Where can I watch dbt Summit 2026 sessions on demand? A: All dbt Summit 2026 keynotes and breakout sessions are available on demand at getdbt.com/dbt-summit. Q: When and where was dbt Summit 2026? A: dbt Summit 2026 took place September 15–18 in Las Vegas. Same community. Bigger possibilities. #dbtSummit #dbt #AnalyticsEngineering #DataEngineering #AI