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Release					Date
Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview) Generates distributed training code and resolves environment issues. Requires AI Runtime. #Genie Code #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Aug 27, 2026
Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview Runs shell commands, monitors GPU usage, and manages files on serverless GPU compute. Requires environment version 5 or above. #Compute #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Jul 31, 2026
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. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	Not on Azure	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Jul 15, 2026
Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview) Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026. #Machine Learning #Model Serving	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Jul 9, 2026
Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview) Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions. #Databricks AI #Unity Catalog	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Jul 8, 2026
Managed agent memory is in Beta Stores memory in Unity Catalog memory stores, accessed through REST API. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Jun 23, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
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. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Jun 17, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview. #Databricks AI #Model Serving	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	May 5, 2026
ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview) Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Not on SAP	Mar 27, 2026
Classification and Information Extraction are in Public Preview Built on v2 signatures of ai_classify and ai_extract, they provide visual UIs for document analysis. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 27, 2026
AI Runtime is now in Public Preview Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads. #Machine Learning	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Not on SAP	Mar 19, 2026
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Feb 17, 2026
Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Jan 27, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct now available in Beta Supports 80B A3B Instruct in us-west-2 and ap-northeast-1 regions via pay-per-token APIs. #Databricks AI #Model Serving	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	Not on GCP	Unknown on SAP	Oct 22, 2025
AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Sep 2, 2025
External MCP servers are in Beta Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers. #Databricks AI	On AWS, read it on their docs	On Azure, read it on their docs	On GCP, read it on their docs	Unknown on SAP	Aug 28, 2025

Genie Code for AI Runtime (Public Preview)
Generates distributed training code and resolves environment issues. Requires AI Runtime.

#Genie Code #Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Aug 27, 2026
Web terminal on serverless GPU compute (AI Runtime) is in Public Preview
Runs shell commands, monitors GPU usage, and manages files on serverless GPU compute. Requires environment version 5 or above.

#Compute #Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Jul 31, 2026
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.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docsAzure(not on this cloud)GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 15, 2026
Protobuf tensor input for custom model serving endpoints (Public Preview)
Replaces JSON with serialized KServe v2 ModelInferRequest. Requires endpoints deployed after July 9, 2026.

#Machine Learning #Model Serving

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 9, 2026
Restrict access to AI Functions with Unity Catalog permissions (Public Preview)
Requires account team enablement, restricts access to task-specific AI Functions.

#Databricks AI #Unity Catalog

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jul 8, 2026
Managed agent memory is in Beta
Stores memory in Unity Catalog memory stores, accessed through REST API.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Jun 23, 2026
Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
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.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Jun 17, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3.5 122B A10B now available as a Databricks-hosted model in Public Preview
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs, available in Public Preview.

#Databricks AI #Model Serving

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) May 5, 2026
ai_classify and ai_extract now support v2 signatures (Public Preview)
Supports improved quality and performance with native composability with ai_parse_document.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(not on this cloud) Mar 27, 2026
Classification and Information Extraction are in Public Preview
Built on v2 signatures of ai_classify and ai_extract, they provide visual UIs for document analysis.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 27, 2026
AI Runtime is now in Public Preview
Adds GPU support to serverless compute for deep learning workloads.

#Machine Learning

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(not on this cloud) Mar 19, 2026
Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B now available in Public Preview as a Databricks-hosted model
Accessible via Foundation Model APIs on a pay-per-token basis.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Feb 17, 2026
Managed MCP servers is now Public Preview
Allows AI agents to connect to Databricks resources and external APIs.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Jan 27, 2026
Alibaba Cloud Qwen3-Next Instruct now available in Beta
Supports 80B A3B Instruct in us-west-2 and ap-northeast-1 regions via pay-per-token APIs.

#Databricks AI #Model Serving

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docsGCP(not on this cloud)SAP(unknown) Oct 22, 2025
AI agents: Authorize on-behalf-of-user Public Preview
Lets agents act as the Databricks user who runs the query for added security.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Sep 2, 2025
External MCP servers are in Beta
Enables agent access to external tools, requires connecting to Model Context Protocol servers.

#Databricks AI

AWS, read it on their docs Azure, read it on their docs GCP, read it on their docsSAP(unknown) Aug 28, 2025

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