# Prove It, a winner in Databricks' Genie-Powered App Challenge

> Prove It, by TechFabric engineer Ivan Vydrin, won in the Creativity & Originality track of Databricks' global Genie-Powered App Challenge, judged by Databricks.

Published: 2026-09-10
Author: TechFabric
Tags: Databricks, News
Canonical: https://www.techfabric.com/blog/the-genie-app-that-refuses-to-answer

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Databricks announced the winners of its Genie-Powered App Challenge on 10 September 2026, and a TechFabric engineer is on the list. Prove It, built by Ivan Vydrin, a Databricks engineer on our team, won in the Creativity & Originality track, placing second worldwide in a contest that Databricks ran and judged.

![The results board of the Databricks Community Genie-Powered App Challenge, September 2026, with Prove It by Ivan Vydrin among the winners in the Creativity & Originality track.](/blog-media/databricks-genie-app-challenge-results-2026-09.png)

## The challenge

Databricks invited its global community to build with Databricks Apps and the Genie agent. Entries were judged in two tracks, Real-World Problem-Solving and Creativity & Originality, and four winners were named across them. The results are on [community.databricks.com](https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/databricks-community-contest-winners-of-the-genie-powered-app/td-p/168246).

## What Prove It is

Prove It is a data-literacy app. A user states a claim, Genie writes the SQL that would test it, and the app shows the query before it shows the result, so the person learns to read the evidence rather than accept a verdict. It runs as a Streamlit app on Databricks Apps, uses the multi-turn Genie Conversation API, and reads four tables governed in Unity Catalog through a SQL warehouse. The code is public at [github.com/ivanvyd/prove-it](https://github.com/ivanvyd/prove-it).

## What it means for our clients

It's the same stack and the same discipline we bring to client work. Genie for questions in plain English, Databricks Apps for delivery inside the workspace, Unity Catalog for governance, and a query anyone can check behind every answer. Our [Genie Accuracy engagement](/databricks/genie-accuracy) exists for exactly that, a number a finance director can trust because the evidence is visible.

Ivan is one of 80 Databricks-certified engineers at TechFabric. Databricks judged his work and named it a winner. That's the team you work with when you [talk to us](/contact).

Winners also present at an upcoming BrickTalk session, and we'll link Ivan's here when it's up.