- Databricks and Microsoft extend strategic partnership to scale enterprise AI into 2030s
- Databricks is deepening its bet on Azure and expanding its use of Azure Databricks to run its own core business operations and analytics. Meanwhile, both companies are driving native integration across the Microsoft stack, including Databricks Genie and Microsoft 365.
- Databricks increases use of Microsoft Azure Cobalt to improve performance and efficiency
Microsoft.com%2Fen-us___.YzJ1OndlY29tb×VuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6NzpmMzIzOjQzNmE4NTcyNmE2NGYyZTZ mN2Q0Yjk4NGU0YjA1NGUwZjkxNjlmNGIyNjljZDEyOTc1MDc1ZTMzNGEyZTQ4NWU6cDpGOkY&a=Microsoft+Corp.” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Microsoft Corp. and XVuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo0MGZmOmEwMDY2Mzk0YmY1MGEzY zQ5MjIyMDE3ZjExOWIyNjQ5OTVkYWFhZTNmN2FmZjUzNWQ3N2EzMWJmZTE3YzIwOTE6cDpGOkY&a=Databricks” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Databricks announced Wednesday that it is extending its 10-year strategic partnership into the 2030s.×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo0MGZmOmEwMDY2Mzk0YmY1MGEzY Databricks is Azure Explore more with XVuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo0MGZmOmEwMDY2Mzk0YmY1MGEzY zQ5MjIyMDE3ZjExOWIyNjQ5OTVkYWFhZTNmN2FmZjUzNWQ3N2EzMWJmZTE3YzIwOTE6cDpGOkY&a=Databricks” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Databricks runs core business operations and builds a unified lakehouse while leveraging Microsoft’s next-generation Arm-based Leverage Azure Cobalt infrastructure to improve performance and efficiency. Microsoft also continues to integrate XVuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz.×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo0MGZmOmEwMDY2Mzk0YmY1MGEzY zQ5MjIyMDE3ZjExOWIyNjQ5OTVkYWFhZTNmN2FmZjUzNWQ3N2EzMWJmZTE3YzIwOTE6cDpGOkY&a=Databricks” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Databricks Data and AI Deploying the platform across products to deliver features such as XVuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo5OTQwOjFjMDM1YTY0OGU1MG ZjMmiyMTgxOTc1NDYwMzIwYjc1ZjaA2OTM0YmIwZTc3MGE2YTU0YmI5ZTFlyWUyYzdjNWE6cDpGOkY&a=Genie” target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>Genie, XVuaWNhdGlvbnM6YzpvZmZpY2UzNjVfZW1haWxz×2F0dGFjaG1lbnQ6NDlkZWQxZWE4YjRmY2NlNDBkMzJmZWVmYmZkMTVlMTg6Nzo0MGZmOmEwMDY2Mzk0YmY1MGEzY Databricks AI Colleagues are embedded directly into customers’ workflows, and the two companies are working together to help enterprises build AI in their unique business contexts with the cost efficiency, control, and choice they need to scale appropriately.
Businesses want AI that understands their customers, products, operations, metrics, and business processes, and can execute securely where the work is done. However, most companies still struggle to connect AI to trusted business knowledge, consistently manage models and agents, and control costs. Microsoft and Databricks are helping customers close that gap.
“For nearly a decade, Databricks and Microsoft have been helping businesses innovate with data and AI,” said Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks. “Today, our partnership is stronger than ever. With Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway deeply integrated into Microsoft products, we are helping enterprises unify data and integrate AI into business knowledge. This allows customers to control costs and ensure governance while maximizing the benefits of agents and models.”
“The next generation of AI will be determined by how efficiently organizations can transform their unique knowledge into intelligence,” said Judson Althoff, CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business. “Microsoft and Databricks are helping customers connect data, AI, and business context to accelerate decision-making and drive measurable impact. As Databricks deepens its investment in infrastructure with Azure Databricks and Azure Cobalt, customers can benefit from improved performance, efficiency, and scale for their most demanding workloads. Databricks also continues to expand its commitment to run its own core business operations on Azure Databricks. Our decision also gives our customers confidence in a proven platform at enterprise scale.”
Databricks runs core business operations on Azure Databricks
As part of this latest agreement, Databricks will strengthen its commitment to Azure and run its own core business operations and analytics on Azure Databricks, using the very platform it delivers to its customers at scale.
Improving performance with Azure Cobalt
Databricks will also expand its use of Azure Cobalt, Microsoft’s next-generation Arm-based infrastructure, to improve performance and efficiency for agent and data-intensive workloads. Databricks currently uses Cobalt 100 and plans to adopt Cobalt 200, which provides up to 50% better performance and includes memory encryption enabled by default.
Tight integration of Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway with Microsoft product stack
By combining the Databricks Data + AI Platform with the global scale of Azure, customers can accelerate their AI transformation while maintaining control and reliability. As a native Azure service, Azure Databricks makes its AI capabilities available directly within customers’ existing Microsoft environments, using Genie and Genie Ontology to ground and operate agents on enterprise data, and manage models, agents, and costs through the Unity AI Gateway. Deeply integrated across the Microsoft ecosystem across Microsoft Entra, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Security, Microsoft OneLake, Power BI, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Foundry, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, Teams, and Copilot, these capabilities give you the context, control, choice, and cost efficiency you need to bring managed, real-time data and AI to your business workflows and impact your organization.
Continued investment is evident in our recent announcement with Databricks at the Data + AI Summit in June.
Customer impact with Azure Databricks
Deeper collaboration will better support joint customers running data, analytics, and AI workloads on Azure Databricks, improving performance, security, AI governance, and enterprise readiness. Thousands of customers, including Banco Bradesco, Cincinnati Reds, Electrolux, SMBC, and Unilever, are already using Azure Databricks to run critical workloads and scale AI with confidence.
To learn more about the proven business value of the Databricks and Microsoft partnership, visit the Microsoft Azure blog.
About data bricks
Databricks is a data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations around the world, including AT&T, Bayer, BMW Group, HSBC, T-Mobile, Unilever, and 70% of Fortune 500 companies, rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale their data and AI apps, analytics, and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with more than 30 offices worldwide, Databricks offers an integrated platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. For more information, follow Databricks on LinkedIn. ×YouTube, Instagram.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @Microsoft) creates AI-powered platforms and tools to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. With a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, the technology company is committed to making AI widely available and doing it responsibly.
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