Databricks announced the Databricks Lakebase is now generally available on AWS-introducing a new class of operational database that treats infrastructure as a flexible, on-demand service.

The deal positions Snowflake to compete with Databricks in AI while giving OpenAI enterprise distribution beyond Microsoft’s ecosystem.

The additions let data teams ask progressive, context‑aware questions in natural language while enabling developers to deploy governed analytics agents across applications via unified API endpoints.

Google has launched SQL-native managed inference for 180,000+ Hugging Face models in BigQuery. The preview release collapses the ML lifecycle into a unified SQL interface, eliminating the need for ...