What’s new with Unity Catalog at Data + AI Summit 2026
Databricks has introduced new features for its Unity Catalog, focusing on AI governance for the agentic era. The Unity AI Gateway extends governance beyond data access to include models, agents, tools, and their runtime interactions. New capabilities aim to provide control over AI actions, context to reduce hallucinations, and choice across different cloud providers and models, while also optimizing AI usage through cost controls and smart routing. AI
IMPACT Enhances enterprise AI control and cost management by extending governance to models, agents, and their runtime interactions.