“It’s actually really hard still to succeed with data and AI,” said Ali Ghodsi, co-founder and CEO of Databricks, during his keynote at the 2025 Data + AI Summit. “It’s a complexity nightmare of high costs and proprietary lock-in. It’s slowing down the organizations. We think this is the biggest problem.”
That challenge and Databricks’ proposed solution set the tone for one of the company’s most consequential summits to date. Over the course of 30 minutes, Ghodsi introduced a suite of new tools designed to simplify, accelerate, and govern AI adoption across the enterprise. But the real headline was unmistakable. Databricks is betting big on agents.
Agent Bricks
Databricks introduced Agent Bricks, a new product that automates the development and evaluation of AI a
It’s Actually Really Hard To Succeed With Data And AI Says Databricks CEO
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We have the customers, and we have the data. That’s the differentiator.
