Databricks and Google Cloud partner to integrate Gemini Models

Databricks and Google Cloud are expanding their collaboration to embed Google's advanced Gemini AI models directly into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. This strategic product partnership, is set to streamline how organisations develop and deploy artificial intelligence applications by allowing them to leverage Google's powerful AI capabilities on their own enterprise data within the secure Databricks environment.

This enhanced alliance addresses a critical challenge for businesses aiming to harness generative AI: the complexity, security risks, and governance issues that often arise from moving large datasets between different systems. By making Gemini models, including the latest Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash, natively available, the partnership eliminates these hurdles. This seamless integration allows for the creation of sophisticated AI agents without data replication, ensuring that sensitive information remains secure and under a unified governance framework.

The collaboration will empower businesses to build domain-specific AI agents capable of tackling complex workflows and generating deeper insights from their proprietary data. The native integration means that Databricks customers can access the advanced reasoning capabilities of Gemini, including the new "Deep Think" mode, directly through familiar tools like SQL queries and model endpoints. This simplifies the development process and accelerates the deployment of AI-powered solutions.

A key benefit for customers is the streamlined operational and billing process. Usage of the Gemini models will be billed directly through their existing Databricks contracts, providing a frictionless adoption experience. This approach is designed to enhance productivity by enabling AI agents to automate business processes, analyse live data, and provide context-rich answers for more informed decision-making.

By combining the strengths of Databricks' unified data and AI platform with the cutting-edge performance of Google's Gemini models, the partnership aims to make the development of secure, scalable, and powerful AI solutions more accessible than ever for organisations worldwide.