Unifying Data and Governance in the Agentic Era: What’s New with Azure Databricks
Databricks has announced a suite of new features for Azure Databricks aimed at unifying data and governance for the agentic era. Key updates include the introduction of Azure Databricks Lakebase, a serverless Postgres database designed for agentic workflows, and Lakehouse//RT for real-time analytics. The company is also expanding AI integration into productivity tools with Genie for Microsoft Teams and M365 Copilot, alongside an Excel Add-in for driverless analytics. Additionally, Azure Databricks CustomerLake is being unveiled as an agentic Customer Data Platform, all anchored by an intelligent governance framework powered by the Genie Ontology context engine and Unity AI Gateway. AI
IMPACT Enhances enterprise AI capabilities by integrating autonomous agents and real-time data processing directly into existing workflows.