TECH TALKS

Native AI Intelligence: Splunk’s Hosted GenAI Foundation Models for Security and Time Series

Thursday, February 26, 2026  |  11:00AM–12:00PM PST

Splunk Unveils Native GenAI Models for Security & Time Series in the Cloud

The value of Generative AI isn't in the hype—it’s in the specific architecture of the model, how the model was trained, and how seamlessly it integrates into existing investigation and observability pipelines.

Splunk is introducing the hosted AI models service, a new capability that allows you to pipe data natively into specialized LLMs for machine data and other open-source models, without provisioning GPUs or managing API access.

In this session, we will do a deep dive on how to access this service and the three model types now running directly within the Splunk Cloud Platform:

  • For SOC Analysts (Foundation-sec-1.1-8b-instruct): We will explore this 8-billion parameter model, optimized specifically for security operations. Learn how it leverages training on cybersecurity frameworks to assist with threat intelligence correlation, alert contextualization, and interactive investigations using natural language.
  • For SREs and Network Analysts (Cisco Deep Time Series Model): Discover the beta release of our Gen-AI, zero-shot forecasting model. We will demonstrate how to generate forecasts for predictive alerting and anomaly detection out of the box—with no model training or fine-tuning required on your data.
  • For Complex Reasoning (GPT OSS 120B & 20B): See how we are utilizing a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture GPT model to balance speed and reasoning. We will show how the 120B parameter model handles complex root cause analysis and SPL generation, while the 20B model accelerates standard log analysis.

Stop building data science infrastructure and start engineering resilience. Register now to learn more and see a demo.

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Time Place Details
10:00am - 10:55am Expo Hall Meet and greet in the lobby outside the Expo Hall before the General Assembly.
11:00am - 11:55am Rm 314 Expert Track: TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE INDUSTRY | John Dough, CFO Marketizingly
11:00am - 11:55am Rm 159 Social Track: MODERN NETWORKING | Hosted by: SponsorName

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Our Speakers

Sancha Norris

Sancha Norris

PMM Leader for Platform AI,
Splunk

Sancha currently leads product marketing for Splunk AI. Previously, she led generative AI marketing at Intel Data Center and AI group, creating engaging GTM content plans and execution to drive awareness and demand. Prior to Intel, Sancha led product marketing for several AI software companies, including fraud management, AIOps, anomaly detection, and endpoint security. Sancha has a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and a MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Brian Goleno

Brian Goleno

Principal Product Manager, AI,
Cisco

Amin Karbasi

Amin Karbasi

Senior Director, Data Science and AI,
Cisco

Amin Karbasi is a Senior Director at Cisco Foundation AI, an (adjunct) professor at Stanford, and serves on the scientific board of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Previously, he served as Chief Scientist at Robust Intelligence (acquired by Cisco in 2024). Before that, he was a professor at Yale University and a research scientist at Google.

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