In-Person Events for (Real Time) Data and AI Geeks

Real Time Data + AI

“S3 as Primary Storage” has become the mainstream architecture for modern data systems. From RisingWave to Chroma and WarpStream, a growing number of systems are adopting this model. But behind its scalability and simplicity lies a hidden cost—literally. S3 is notorious for its high latency and steep access fees, which can quickly spiral out of control in production.

In this webinar, Yingjun Wu from RisingWave (the leading stream processing system) and Hammad Bashir from Chroma (the leading vector database) will share how they’ve built cutting-edge data systems from the ground up using S3 as the foundation—and the real-world challenges they’ve faced while supporting large-scale, in-production workloads.

Yingjun Wu -- Founder and CEO at RisingWave Labs

Building Data Systems in 2025: Dark Secret Behind “S3 as Primary Storage"

Thiago Ghisi

Surendra Pulagam

Timothy Fliss

Abhay Bothra