Databricks

Databricks, Microsoft embrace Chinese open-source AI models

Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2, a 744-billion-parameter open-weight model released under the MIT license by Chinese startup Z.ai, is drawing growing adoption from American technology companies looking for cheaper, self-hosted alternatives to proprietary AI systems. Databricks and other enterprises have begun integrating…

Databricks acquires Panther Labs to deepen cybersecurity push

Databricks on Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire cybersecurity startup Panther Labs, deepening its push into security operations as it seeks to challenge incumbents like CrowdStrike and Cisco's Splunk platform.

Databricks open-sources Omnigent to unify AI agents

Databricks released Omnigent on June 13, an open-source "meta-harness" designed to unify disparate AI coding agents under a single interoperable layer, addressing the growing challenge of agent fragmentation as engineering teams adopt multiple tools simultaneously.