Databricks' new AI agent tells CEO Ali Ghodsi the unvarnished truth
At 12,000 employees, AI Ghodsi is the first to admit that he can't know everyone and that they are unlikely to confess the things that go wrong to him. But he doesn't need them to. He uses Databricks' newly revised Genie agent for that.

TL;DR
- Databricks updated its AI agent, Genie, to perform multi-step unsupervised jobs.
- Genie utilizes an ontology to provide context from customer data on the Databricks platform.
- CEO Ali Ghodsi uses Genie for tasks like analyzing employee surveys and summarizing sales pitches.
- The agent helps leaders in large organizations (over 150 employees) receive honest feedback.
- Databricks suggests Unity Gateway can control AI costs associated with agents.