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Databricks updates Genie agent to handle long multi-step business tasks

The company says the updated agent can work unsupervised on extended jobs, and CEO Ali Ghodsi uses it to surface problems that rarely reach the top of a 12,000-person firm.

Nov 11, 2026, 15:32 UTC · 2 min read

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Databricks released an updated Genie agent that can complete multi-step tasks requiring extended work.
Genie draws on an ontology that gives it context from data customers keep on the Databricks platform.
Databricks says companies can limit agent costs through its Unity Gateway product.

Databricks on Wednesday released an updated version of Genie, its AI agent, which can now carry out multi-step jobs that take a long time to finish. TechCrunch reported on the launch after CEO Ali Ghodsi showed its reporter how he uses the tool inside the company.

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Databricks updates Genie agent to handle long multi-step business tasks

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