Last week Snowflake launched Datastream — Kafka-compatible streaming built directly into the platform. To me that's a strong signal: the industry now agrees streaming and the lakehouse belong together, especially for AI agents that need to act on fresh data.
That convergence is
Data Streaming Summit (organized by @streamnativeio) back. October 7–8, San Francisco. 🎉
Same hardcore, community-first conference we've always run. Same room full of practitioners running real-time data infrastructure at real scale. Same bias toward production numbers over
Six days ago I said we're a #Kafka company, too. Not an April Fools' joke.
Today: introducing #Lakestream — an architecture where streams are first-class lakehouse primitives alongside tables.
First proof point: a Native #ApacheKafka Service powered by #Ursa. Now in Limited
🚀 The Native Apache Kafka Service powered by Ursa is now in Limited Public Preview.
Apache Kafka 4.2+ on Ursa. Every topic is a lakehouse table. Up to 95% lower TCO.
🌟 $1,000 credits with code UFK1000 (Apr 7–14).
👉 Sign up: hubs.ly/Q049R9Kr0
📖 Read the announcement:
