Databricks Data AI Summit 2025 Key Announcements and Partner Updates

Databricks made several significant announcements at the Databricks Data + AI Summit 2025, showcasing advancements in real-time analytics and AI. Here are the highlights:

Databricks Announcements

• Agent Bricks: A new automated way to create high-performing AI agents tailored for industry use cases like structured information extraction and multi-agent systems. Now available in Beta.
• Google Cloud Partnership: Integration of Gemini models into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, enabling AI agent development on enterprise data.
• Microsoft Partnership Extension: Continued collaboration to enhance Azure Databricks and integrate with the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Unity Catalog Enhancements: Support for Apache Iceberg tables and new features for business users, including metrics and curated data discovery.
• Open-Sourcing Spark Declarative Pipelines: Simplifies batch and streaming ETL workloads across Apache Spark-supported data sources.
• Lakebase Launch: A fully-managed Postgres database for AI, now in Public Preview.
• $100M Education Initiative: Aimed at closing the data and AI talent gap, including free access to Databricks Free Edition.
• Databricks One: A new interface for business users to access data and AI capabilities.
• Lakeflow Designer Preview: A no-code ETL pipeline builder for business analysts, powered by natural language and drag-and-drop UI.

Partner Announcements

• Amperity: Launched Chuck Data, an AI Agent for customer data engineering.
• Anaconda: Partnered with Databricks to integrate secure, curated Python packages.
• CData Software: Introduced the Databricks Integration Accelerator for faster data pipeline development.
• Informatica: Expanded partnership with Databricks, focusing on Managed Iceberg Tables and Lakebase.
• Monte Carlo: Added support for Databricks AI/BI and Unity Catalog Metrics.
• Qlik: Enhanced capabilities for streaming real-time data into Unity Catalog.
• Striim: Expanded support for Azure Databricks and Postgres offerings.
• Trust3 AI: Launched Trust AI for Databricks, a trust layer solution for AI deployments.

Other Industry News

• Amplitude: Debuted Amplitude AI Agents for specialized data analysis.
• New Relic: Added Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for AI Monitoring.
• Pentaho: Enhanced its Data Catalog for better data quality and observability.
• Precisely: Advanced its Data Integrity Suite for AI and analytics scalability.
• Vanta: Launched the Vanta AI Agent for automating GRC workflows.

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