Databricks launches data engineering copilot and acquires agent evaluation startup Quotient AI

Databricks Inc. today introduced Genie Code, an artificial intelligence agent designed to automate complex data engineering and analytics tasks. The move extends the rapid evolution of agents from ...
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New Databricks KARL RAG Agent Promises 33% Cost Reduction vs. Claude Opus 4.6

Databricks has released KARL, an RL-trained RAG agent that it says handles all six enterprise search categories at 33% lower ...

Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search

Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.
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The Core Benefits of Working with a Certified Databricks Consulting Partner

Working with a certified implementation partner is a risk mitigation strategy that ensures the Lakehouse is not only deployed but also optimized for scalability, security, and cost efficiency from day ...
InfoWorld

Buyer’s guide: Comparing the leading cloud data platforms

Databricks, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Microsoft Fabric – to see how they address rapidly evolving ...
InfoWorld

Azure Databricks previews parallelized Photon query engine

Microsoft has unveiled a preview of a C++-based vectorized query engine for the Azure Databricks cloud analytics and AI service based on Apache Spark. Azure Databricks, which is delivered in ...
CNBC

Databricks raises capital at $134 billion valuation in latest funding round

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list will be revealed Tuesday, May 19th Databricks said it is raising $4 billion at a $134 billion valuation to support AI app building. The valuation is a 34% jump from a ...