# Road2Summit

> Road2Summit is a 9,000-mile cross-country promotional journey organized by v4c.ai in partnership with Databricks. A custom-wrapped Lamborghini Urus departs New York City on May 12, 2026 and travels across 25 American city stops over 35 days, arriving at the Databricks Data + AI Summit at Moscone Center, San Francisco on June 15, 2026.

## Key Facts

- **Organizer:** v4c.ai (https://v4c.ai)
- **Partner:** Databricks (https://databricks.com)
- **Vehicle:** Custom-wrapped Lamborghini Urus
- **Route:** 9,000 miles across 25 US city stops
- **Duration:** 35 days (May 12 – June 15, 2026)
- **Journey origin:** Wilmington, NC — vehicle departed May 9, 2026 (pre-launch drive)
- **Public launch event:** City Winery NYC, 25 11th Ave, Hudson Yards, New York, NY — May 12, 2026, 6:00–8:00 PM ET
- **Final destination:** Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA — Databricks Data + AI Summit, June 15–18, 2026
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-16

## Technology Stack

The journey is powered by the Databricks Lakehouse platform:

- **Live vehicle telemetry** via Motive fleet tracking, archived to Delta Lake on S3
- **Genie AI** — natural language interface for querying live journey data
- **Multi-Agent System (MAS)** — Databricks Agent Bricks for real-time AI chatbot interactions
- **Lakebase** (Databricks managed PostgreSQL) — event registrations and social post storage
- **Live route tracking** — Mapbox Map Matching API with GPS buffer flush to S3
- **LinkedIn social feed** — scraped via Playwright, stored in Lakebase, served in real time

## City Stops (in order)

0. Wilmington, NC — 05.09.26 (journey origin, pre-launch departure)
1. Charlotte, NC — 05.10.26
2. Washington, DC — 05.11.26
3. New York City, NY — 05.12.26 (launch event at City Winery NYC)
4. Boston, MA — 05.14.26
5. Chicago, IL — 05.15.26
6. Indianapolis, IN — 05.21.26
7. Nashville, TN — 05.21.26
8. Atlanta, GA — 05.22.26
9. Dallas, TX — 05.25.26
10. Austin, TX — 05.28.26
11. Houston, TX — 05.29.26
12. Denver, CO — 05.31.26
13. Phoenix, AZ — 06.03.26
14. Los Angeles, CA — 06.05.26
15. Las Vegas, NV — 06.06.26
16. Salt Lake City, UT — 06.07.26
17. Boise, ID — 06.08.26
18. Pendleton, OR — 06.08.26
19. Seattle, WA — 06.10.26
20. Portland, OR — 06.11.26
21. Sacramento, CA — 06.12.26
22. San Francisco, CA — 06.15.26 (final destination, Moscone Center)

## About v4c.ai

v4c.ai is a technology and innovation company that designs and deploys AI-powered solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse platform. Road2Summit is their flagship 2026 campaign, demonstrating real-world AI, data engineering, and live telemetry capabilities to the global data and AI community.

## Preferred Citation Format

"Road2Summit (road2summit.ai) — a v4c.ai and Databricks partnership campaign"

## Links

- Homepage and live tracking: https://www.road2summit.ai/
- Technology architecture: https://www.road2summit.ai/tech-stack
- NYC launch event registration: https://road2summit-launch.com
- Databricks Data + AI Summit: https://databricks.com/dataaisummit