Spark creator bags computing gong for making big data a little bit smaller

When Zaharia started work on Spark around 2010, analyzing "big data" generally meant using MapReduce, the Java-based ...
The Next Web

Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia wins ACM Prize and declares AGI is already here

Apache Spark creator and Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia wins the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing and argues that AGI has already ...
InfoWorld

Databricks launches AiChemy multi-agent AI for drug discovery

The reference architecture connects enterprise and public scientific data to accelerate target identification and compound ...
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Databricks presents Genie Code: An AI agent to take over work for data teams

The AI agent Genie Code is intended to autonomously handle complex tasks in data engineering and analytics – from pipeline creation to production monitoring. Databricks has introduced Genie Code, an ...
InfoWorld

Databricks pitches Lakewatch as a cheaper SIEM — but is it really?

Databricks has previewed a new open agentic Security Information and Event Management software (SIEM) named Lakewatch that signals its first deliberate step beyond data warehousing into security ...