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Enterprises want AI that understands their customers, products, operations, metrics and business processes, all while running securely where work happens. Yet, most still struggle to connect AI to trusted business knowledge, govern models and agents consistently, and control costs. Microsoft and Databricks are helping customers close that gap:\u00a0<\/p>\n
“For nearly a decade, Databricks and Microsoft have helped enterprises innovate with data and AI,” said Ali Ghodsi, Co\u2011Founder and CEO of Databricks. “Today, our partnership is stronger than ever. With Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway deeply integrated across Microsoft’s products, we’re helping enterprises unify their data and ground AI in business knowledge. This lets customers get the full benefits of agents and models while controlling costs and ensuring governance.”<\/p>\n
“The next generation of AI will be defined by how effectively organizations turn their unique knowledge into intelligence,” said Judson Althoff, CEO, Microsoft Commercial Business. “Microsoft and Databricks are helping customers connect data, AI and business context to accelerate decision-making and drive measurable impact. With Databricks deepening its investment in Azure Databricks and Azure Cobalt-powered infrastructure, customers will benefit from greater performance, efficiency and scale for their most demanding workloads. Databricks’ decision to run its own core business operations on Azure Databricks also gives customers confidence in a platform proven at enterprise scale.”<\/p>\n
Databricks runs core business operations on Azure Databricks\u00a0<\/p>\n
As part of this latest deal, Databricks deepens its commitment to Azure, running its own core business operations and analytics on Azure Databricks, using the very platform it delivers to customers at scale.<\/p>\n
Advancing performance with Azure Cobalt <\/p>\n
Databricks will also expand its use of Azure Cobalt, Microsoft’s next-generation Arm-based infrastructure, to improve performance and efficiency for agentic and data-intensive workloads. Databricks currently uses Cobalt 100 and plans to adopt Cobalt 200, which delivers up to 50% better performance<\/a>\u00a0and includes memory encryption enabled by default.<\/p>\n Deep integrations for Databricks Genie and Unity AI Gateway with Microsoft product stack<\/p>\n By combining the Databricks Data + AI Platform with Azure’s global scale, customers can accelerate AI transformation while maintaining control and reliability. As a native Azure service, Azure Databricks makes its AI capabilities available directly within customers’ existing Microsoft environment, grounding and operating agents on enterprise data with Genie and Genie Ontology, and governing models, agents and cost through Unity AI Gateway. Deeply integrated across the Microsoft ecosystem spanning 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 bring governed, real-time data and AI into business workflows, giving organizations the context, control, choice and cost efficiency needed to drive impact.<\/p>\n Continued investment is evident from our\u00a0recent announcements with Databricks<\/a>\u00a0at Data + AI Summit in June.<\/p>\n Customer impact with Azure Databricks<\/p>\n The deepened collaboration strengthens support for joint customers running data, analytics and AI workloads on Azure Databricks, delivering improved performance, security, AI governance and enterprise readiness. Thousands of customers, including Banco Bradesco<\/a>, the Cincinnati Reds<\/a>, Electrolux<\/a>, SMBC<\/a>\u00a0and Unilever<\/a>, already use Azure Databricks to run critical workloads and scale AI with confidence.<\/p>\n Read more on the proven business value of the Databricks and Microsoft partnership on the Microsoft Azure blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Databricks<\/p>\n Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide \u2014 including AT&T, Bayer, BMW Group, HSBC, T-Mobile, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 \u2014 rely on Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n About Microsoft<\/p>\n Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT<\/a>” @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SOURCE Microsoft Corp.<\/p>\n![\"Cision\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784837652_237_favicon.png\"\/ "\\"Cision\\"")
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