Databricks releases, every cloud

1. Thinking Machine Labs Inkling now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview

   Supports text and image inputs with a 1 million token context window. Access via Foundation Model APIs.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 15, 2026
2. Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)

   Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 8, 2026
3. MATCH_RECOGNIZE is now in Beta

   Requires enabling Match Recognize preview in workspace settings.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 30, 2026
4. Metric view parameters are now in Public Preview

   binds values at query time, replacing separate views per variant.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 26, 2026
5. Omnigent coding agent meta-harness is now in Beta

   Wraps coding agents like Claude Code and Codex with a common platform. Swap runtimes with one line of configuration.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 17, 2026
6. UNIQUE constraint support is now in Public Preview

   Enables join elimination and DISTINCT simplification on Photon-enabled compute. Applies to Unity Catalog Delta Lake tables.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 5, 2026
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8. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview)

   Provides 512 workers, available in all regions, controlled from Previews page.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Apr 28, 2026
9. ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview)

   Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.

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   AWS, read it on their docsAzure, read it on their docsGCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 27, 2026

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