Databricks, the Data and AI company, has announced a new strategic product partnership with Google Cloud to make the latest Gemini models available as native products within the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
This partnership enables organisations to build, deploy and scale AI agents using Google Gemini’s advanced capabilities directly on their enterprise data — securely and with unified governance — within their Databricks environment.
As businesses seek to unlock value from their proprietary data with AI, they need solutions that deliver accuracy, security and compliance without operational complexity. Many current AI deployments force organisations to move data between systems or manage fragmented controls.
Databricks and Google Cloud have partnered since 2021 to deliver data at scale on Google Cloud. The expanded partnership addresses these challenges by combining Databricks’ unified data and AI platform with Gemini’s leading models. This offers a secure way to build and manage AI solutions at scale on Databricks.
Google Gemini 2.5 brings improved AI reasoning and performance, with capabilities in complex, multi-step decision making and natural language understanding. The latest Gemini models, including Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash, now achieve better performance on key industry benchmarks.
Databricks customers will also get access to the recently introduced “Deep Think” mode for advanced reasoning and robust security safeguards. As native products in Databricks, Gemini models will be accessible to customers directly through SQL queries and model endpoints, eliminating the need for data duplication or integrations, creating a seamless experience.
“By using Google’s Gemini models directly on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, organisations can build and scale AI agents tailored to their specific domains and data,” said Ali Ghodsi, Co-Founder and CEO of Databricks.
“Gemini is advancing at an impressive rate, and it’s no surprise that enterprises everywhere are seeing value from these models.”
Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said, “Our partnership with Databricks is another critical step in helping every enterprise transform their businesses with generative AI.”
“By providing Databricks customers with direct access to Gemini’s advanced capabilities, customers can more easily build and deploy sophisticated AI agents, automate complex data workflows, and uncover more predictive insights from their own data, accelerating innovation at scale.”
Key Highlights:
- Gemini models will be made available and billed as native products within the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, enabling secure, direct use of enterprise data without replication.
- Organisations can now use Gemini models to develop AI agents capable of handling complex datasets and workflows, with support for advanced reasoning and large context windows.
- Databricks Unity Catalog ensures end-to-end governance and responsible AI use, supporting compliance efforts with security, access and ethical standards.
- AI agents can use Gemini to automate business processes, generate insights from live data and support decision-making with current, context-rich answers.
With this partnership, Databricks and Google Cloud are making it easier for organisations to unlock the full potential of their data using advanced, secure, and scalable AI solutions on Databricks.
