Databricks releases, every cloud
- Anthropic Claude Opus 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- Priority pay-per-token for Foundation Model APIs
Priority mode is for latency-sensitive applications, requiring partner or open source models.
- ai_extract and ai_classify are now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Replaces manual text extraction and classification workflows, requires compliance security profile.
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 is scheduled for retirement
Replaced by Claude Sonnet 4.6, retiring October 9, 2026.
- Zhipu AI GLM 5.2 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Supports 1 million token context window and long-horizon reasoning. Accessed via Foundation Model APIs.
AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP, read it on their docs - Excel file format support is now available by default
Supports .xls, .xlsx, and .xlsm files without external libraries.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- Budgets are now generally available
Define spending thresholds with optional per-user overrides and actions like email alerts.
- Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, requiring compliance with applicable terms.
- ai_query is now generally available
Lets you query AI models from SQL or Python.
- Faster inference tables for custom model serving endpoints
Ingests through endpoint telemetry, with configurable sampling, and requires AI Gateway setup.
- ai_classify is now generally available
Classifies text content according to custom labels with support for multi-label classification.
- ai_extract is now generally available
Extracts structured data from text and documents according to a provided schema. Supports nested objects and arrays.
- Endpoint telemetry for custom model serving endpoints is generally available
Persists OpenTelemetry logs, traces, and metrics to Unity Catalog tables.
- Anthropic Claude Fable 5 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Requires pay-per-token Foundation Model APIs.
- Foundation model Unity Catalog permissions is generally available
Requires account team enablement, controls access to system.ai schema.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 now available as a Databricks-hosted model
Access via Foundation Model APIs, pay-per-token.
- ai_parse_document is now available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Requires compliance security profile and specific controls like HIPAA and PCI-DSS. Parses structured content from unstructured documents.
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