Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM

Databricks has unveiled DBRX, an innovative large language model (LLM) that surpasses established open LLMs in benchmarks, outperforming models like GPT-3.5 and challenging GPT-4. DBRX’s state-of-the-art capabilities are highlighted by its fine-grained mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, leading to improvements in training and inference performance. It excels in tasks ranging from language understanding to programming and mathematics. […]

March 27, 2024

Databricks acquires Lilac to supercharge data quality efforts for gen AI apps

Databricks has announced the acquisition of Lilac, a Boston-based startup focused on tools for data understanding and manipulation. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. By bringing Lilac’s team and technology into its data intelligence platform, Databricks aims to enhance users’ ability to improve data quality for developing large language model (LLM) applications. […]

March 20, 2024

Databricks invests in Mistral and brings its AI models to data intelligence platform

Databricks, led by Ali Ghodsi, has partnered with the Paris-based startup Mistral to integrate Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) into Databricks’ data intelligence platform. Databricks’ investment in Mistral, combined with bringing select LLMs to its platform, amplifies opportunities for enterprise users in generative AI applications without compromising security protocols. This move signifies Databricks as a […]

March 17, 2024

Databricks acquires team behind natural language data notebook Einblick

Databricks has continued its acquisition streak by acquiring Einblick, a natural language data science notebook provider, to enhance its data storage and analysis offerings. The acquisition aims to empower enterprises to simplify complex data problems into natural language queries and further augment and build out Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. Einblick’s innovative technology integrates AI to […]

February 1, 2024

Databricks and Credo AI unite for responsible, compliant AI at scale

Credo AI, known for its AI governance platform, has partnered with Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to enable Databricks customers to track and manage AI risk and compliance at scale, providing transparency about their AI systems throughout the development lifecycle. The integration will leverage Databricks’ MLFlow to automatically translate model metrics and metadata into required […]