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Databricks is excited to partner with OpenAI on GPT-5.5, their latest frontier model. GPT-5.5 will be available in Unity AI Gateway on launch. You can use it with coding tools such as Codex, or to power your enterprise agents. GPT-5.5 is state-of-the-art on many benchmarks including OfficeQA Pro, our benchmark for evaluating grounded reasoning on enterprise tasks. We are partnering with OpenAI to co-launch on Databricks. Hear more from our co-founder Patrick Wendell and OpenAI CRO Denise Holland Dresser on GPT-5.5 in Databricks. https://lnkd.in/gweU4Ruf

Databricks Training and Certification is back at #DataAISummit with a completely revamped course catalog covering AI agents, vibe coding, app development, Lakebase, and more. New this year, training kicks off with two dedicated learning days before the main conference kicks off. Over 20 hands-on courses, onsite certification exams at 50% off, and attendees who pass earn a customized Databricks Certified jacket and access to the exclusive Certified Lounge. This is the most substantial training lineup we have brought to Summit yet! Register by April 30 to save 50% on training. https://lnkd.in/g4ung3Mv

Atlassian rebuilt its security data platform on a lakehouse architecture with Databricks, moving beyond a legacy SIEM limited to 30-day retention and constrained by per-GB ingestion costs. The new foundation supports interactive analysis of tens of billions of events, extends log retention to 12 months, and enables experimentation with machine learning–driven detection. It also reduces ingestion overhead by 80% and shifts to an open model that avoids vendor lock-in. Explore how Atlassian scales threat detection, hunting, and response on a modern Security Lakehouse. https://lnkd.in/gYn7jrd5

We’re getting “closer” to #DataAISummit 2026… are you ready? Register today, and stay tuned to see who’s headlining Data After Hours this year. https://lnkd.in/gd_2Kw76

80% of enterprise knowledge remains functionally invisible, trapped in PDFs, scanned images, and office documents. That has made intelligent document processing one of the most fragmented problems in data engineering for years. Databricks Document Intelligence and Lakeflow now give teams a governed, end-to-end way to ingest, parse, and extract structured insights from unstructured documents, all inside Databricks, without the fragile OCR vendors and custom connectors. See how it works step-by-step: https://lnkd.in/g3RsveZv

✈️ Skyscanner handles 35M daily searches and processes up to 35B events to keep its travel experience fast and reliable. To support that scale, the team unified fragmented data into a governed system and transforms 55B daily events into reusable data products. This foundation powers 180M flight ranking predictions each day and gives teams consistent data to work from. With more than half of travelers already planning trips using generative AI, Skyscanner is now exploring agents to better guide travelers. https://lnkd.in/gZWgyJEi

Databricks is heading to AI Council in San Francisco, May 12-14, with three sessions covering some of the most pressing questions in data and AI infrastructure right now. - Nikita Shamgunov keynoting on what data infrastructure actually needs to look like in the AI era - Stas Kelvich on why AI agents need a new kind of OLTP and how Lakebase is built for it - Robert Martin-Short leading a workshop on systematic LLM prompt optimization with DSPy Find us in the Expo Hall if you're there!

Today, Databricks and Adobe are taking a significant step forward in our strategic partnership, releasing three new capabilities that make Databricks data directly actionable in Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) without moving or duplicating data between systems. • Delta Sharing for AEP enables zero-copy access to governed Databricks data without pipelines or delay, so marketers can build more personalized audiences and campaigns using their first-party data • Databricks Genie connection with Adobe Marketing Agent (via MCP) allows Adobe users to query their Databricks data in natural language without leaving AEP • An upcoming Adobe Marketing Agent beta release for the Databricks Marketplace enables Databricks agents to incorporate AEP audience insights for use cases like closed-loop attribution and campaign performance If you're at Adobe Summit, visit the Adobe AI Zone or Databricks at Booth #548 to see the new integrations in action. https://lnkd.in/gDcEyRXX

Databricks Unity AI Gateway now lets teams connect agents to external MCP servers like GitHub, Glean, and Atlassian through managed OAuth, with all governance running through Unity Catalog. Auth has been the consistent bottleneck for enterprise agent deployments, and Unity AI Gateway removes it entirely: • Register and control external MCP servers through Unity Catalog with fine-grained permissions and a full audit trail • Agents act on behalf of individual users, not overprivileged service accounts, so access stays scoped and traceable • Databricks handles the full OAuth lifecycle server-side, across AWS, Azure, and GCP Here’s how it works: https://lnkd.in/gQV9GrDF

The challenge isn’t building agents. It’s running them across your data, models, and systems—with control. Swipe to hear from teams driving impact with Agent Bricks. https://lnkd.in/gZC-pjgn