Databricks’ new AI agent tells CEO Ali Ghodsi the unvarnished truth

Databricks unveiled an updated version of its AI agent Genie, which can now perform multi-step jobs unsupervised using an ontology built to give it context from customer data on the Databricks platform. CEO Ali Ghodsi demonstrated his own use of Genie to surface unvarnished truths he might not otherwise hear at a 12,000-employee company, citing Dunbar's number of 150 as the limit on direct relationships. Ghodsi said costs can be controlled through Databricks' Unity Gateway, which lets companies set usage limits and swap in less expensive open-weight models.