Databricks announced a multi‑year partnership with OpenAI that integrates the AI firm’s models—including GPT‑5—into its data platform and AI product, Agent Bricks. The deal, valued at a minimum of $100 million, gives Databricks customers secure, native access to OpenAI’s models via SQL or API, allowing them to build AI‑driven applications on top of enterprise data. The partnership builds on earlier work that added OpenAI’s open‑weight models, gpt‑oss 20B and gpt‑oss 120B, to the platform, and follows a similar revenue‑target arrangement Databricks struck with Anthropic. Early customer demand, including from Mastercard, signals strong interest in the combined offering. Read more →