Databricks built a RAG agent it says can handle every kind of enterprise search

Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.
WinBuzzer

Databricks KARL Agent Tackles All Enterprise Search Types via RL

Databricks has released KARL, an RL-trained RAG agent that it says handles all six enterprise search categories at 33% lower cost than frontier models.
Security Boulevard

Building a RAG system on Databricks with your unstructured data using Tonic Textual

Databricks and Tonic.ai have partnered to simplify the process of connecting enterprise unstructured data to AI systems to reap the benefits of RAG. Learn how in this step-by-step technical how-to.
TechCrunch

Databricks to buy open source database startup Neon for $1B

Data analytics platform Databricks said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Neon, a startup building an open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, for about $1 billion. Databricks said ...

Beyond The Enterprise Data Platform: Why Ecosystems Win

Data platforms have moved from static, disconnected systems to integrated environments where analytics and real-time data ...
Forbes

Databricks: A Much-Anticipated IPO, But Will The Honeymoon Last?

Databricks recently reached a valuation exceeding $100 billion following its latest funding round, joining the elite group of most-valuable private companies like SpaceX, ByteDance and OpenAI.
CNBC

Databricks raises capital at $134 billion valuation in latest funding round

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list will be revealed Tuesday, May 19th Databricks said it is raising $4 billion at a $134 billion valuation to support AI app building. The valuation is a 34% jump from a ...