Databricks has introduced a new version of Genie that it says can take on ongoing work, track changes and act when new information arrives. People can set limits, review its work and require approval for particular actions.
Genie can run jobs on a schedule or respond to triggers, such as a change in a metric. Databricks says a user can supervise several jobs in one conversation and view active jobs and their outputs in a control panel. It can also ask for input when it needs it.
Search connects business information
Databricks also introduced Genie Search, which combines indexed content from business applications with live searches through MCP and queries against Databricks data. It draws on sources including Google Drive, Jira, Confluence, Workday and SharePoint, then produces answers with citations. Databricks says it applies each asset’s access controls.
Genie Ontology supplies business definitions, metrics and relationships to help Genie interpret what it finds. According to Databricks, agents build much of that context from existing dashboards, queries and notebooks, while teams set authoritative definitions in Unity Catalog. The company says Unity Gateway lets administrators control tool access, trace actions and set spending limits.
Agents gain more sources and actions
Databricks says Genie Agents can now work across PDFs and slides as well as structured tables, with page-level citations for supporting material. Connectors let agents read from and act in services including Slack, Atlassian, GitHub, Gmail, Google Drive and Microsoft 365. OpenSharing for Genie Agents lets teams share governed agents with partners and customers.
In a benchmark Databricks says it built with Turing, Genie answered correctly in 91% of task runs. The company says that was 1.6 times the rate of the stronger of two frontier agents tested on the same tasks in the same Databricks workspace, while Genie used less than half as many tokens.
Databricks says people can work with Genie through Genie One, email, Slack and Microsoft Teams. It also lists browser, desktop, iOS and Android access.
