Databricks Headlines

The Register

Databricks is struggling to defend a class action lawsuit targeting its LLM, which several book authors contend was created with a database that contained pirated versions of some of their copyrighted books – and about 196,000 titles in all.

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BusinessWire

UiPath announced a validated technology partnership with Databricks to integrate AI and automation.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks introduced the next generation of Genie, expanding it beyond Genie Spaces to connect with enterprise knowledge sources such as Google Drive and SharePoint. The update also folds Databricks One capabilities into Genie and adds native iOS and Android mobile apps.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks announces public preview of Lakeflow Designer, a visual no-code AI-native data preparation and analytics tool.

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Databricks Newsroom

Databricks appointed Simon Davies as Head of Asia Pacific & Japan, aiming for rapid expansion in the region.

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Tech in Asia

Databricks appointed Simon Davies, an ex-SAP executive, to lead its APAC and Japan operations, accelerating its regional expansion plan.

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Antara News

Tata Power is collaborating with Databricks to develop a future-ready data and AI platform to accelerate energy transition efforts.

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Morningstar (via Business Wire)

A growing number of enterprises are adopting the Databricks platform to unify their data environments for scalable, responsible AI deployment.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks announced Agent Mode in Databricks Genie, a new agentic process for planning, exploring, and reasoning over data.

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Yahoo Tech

Salesforce and Databricks announce new agentic AI governance features, including Databricks' AI Gateway expansion for controlling LLM access and API usage.

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CIO Dive

Salesforce and Databricks have unveiled new agentic AI governance tools, with Databricks emphasizing the need for governance as AI agents orchestrate multi-step workflows.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks announced its enhanced partnership with Google Cloud, becoming a first-party provider of Gemini Models, enabling customers to build and deploy agentic AI on governed enterprise data.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks announced Agent Bricks, an enterprise agent platform for building, deploying and governing AI agents on business data. The post also highlights GA releases for Document Intelligence and Custom Agents, plus new governance and orchestration capabilities.

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VentureBeat

Databricks research shows that its multi-step agentic approach consistently outperforms single-turn RAG systems in handling hybrid data queries, even against stronger foundation models.

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Yahoo Finance

Tata Power is collaborating with Databricks to develop a future-ready data and AI platform to accelerate energy transition.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks announced the public preview of its support for Apache Iceberg v3, bringing the latest Iceberg innovations to its open lakehouse platform.

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PR Newswire

Persistent Systems launched a merchant risk management and fraud detection solution powered by the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The release describes the Databricks-based accelerator as using agentic AI and real-time intelligence for financial institutions and payment providers.

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Seeking Alpha

Databricks co-founder and CTO Matei Zaharia stated in a new interview that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is already here.

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Technology Magazine

Databricks plans to invest over $850 million in the UK to attract AI talent and train future business leaders, supporting the UK's AI strategy.

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TechCrunch

Databricks has acquired two startups, Lakewatch and Antimatter, to strengthen its AI security offerings.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks officially announced Lakewatch, a new open and agentic SIEM designed to help organizations ingest telemetry, automate defense with AI agents, and reduce costs.

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CNBC

Databricks is expanding into cybersecurity with the launch of Lakewatch, an open, agentic SIEM, aiming to leverage AI for faster attack response.

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Bloomberg

Bloomberg reported on Databricks' launch of Genie Code, an AI assistant for technical talent.

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Databricks Press Release

Databricks launched Genie Code, an autonomous AI agent for data engineering, data science, and analytics. The product aims to automate complex data tasks, significantly improving efficiency and accuracy for enterprise data teams.

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Databricks Blog

Databricks acquired Quotient AI, a company specializing in AI agent evaluation and reinforcement learning. This acquisition strengthens Databricks' AI offerings, including Genie, Genie Code, and Agent Bricks, by enabling continuous evaluation and improvement of AI agents.

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