Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...
Redmondmag.com

Microsoft Previews Azure HorizonDB as Cloud Native PostgreSQL Engine

Introduced at Ignite late last year, Azure HorizonDB is a new PostgreSQL service designed for higher performance and ...

Want AI agents to work better? Improve the way they retrieve information, Databricks says

Today, Databricks (known for its data analytics software) is debuting a new architecture for retrieval-augmented AI agents ...
The Official Microsoft Blog

Microsoft announces acquisition of Osmos to accelerate autonomous data engineering in Fabric

Today, Microsoft is announcing the acquisition of Osmos, an agentic AI data engineering platform designed to help simplify complex and time-consuming data workflows. Microsoft + Osmos: Extending ...
Reuters

Databricks builds war chest with $134 billion valuation in latest funding round

Latest valuation a jump from $100 billion in August Databricks surpasses $4.8 billion revenue run rate in Q3 Funds to be used to expand research and for talent retention Company delivers positive free ...
TechCrunch

Databricks raises $4B at $134B valuation as its AI business heats up

The IPO window may have cracked open, but it seems some former startups have no intention of going public. Makes sense, in a way: IPOs were traditionally a way to raise money, and if you can manage to ...
Wall Street Journal

Databricks Is Raising Funds at $134 Billion Valuation

Databricks is raising over $4 billion in Series L funding that would value the data-analytics and artificial-intelligence software company at $134 billion, an increase of 34% from its last funding ...