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

Databricks has updated its AI agent Genie, which can now perform multi-step jobs and complete tasks unsupervised. The agent uses an ontology built by Databricks to give it context from customer data stored on the Databricks platform. Genie can analyze data, summarize information, and even provide suggestions to its users. Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi uses Genie to get unvarnished truth about issues within the company, such as employee satisfaction and sales performance. This is because, with 12,000 employees, Ghodsi can't maintain direct relationships with everyone and rely on them to report issues directly to him. Genie helps him identify areas where the company is doing poorly and provides him with suggestions on how to address those issues.