Databricks acquires AIcentric data governance platform Okera

News Summary

  • This technology is still in private preview but was likely one of the major reasons Databricks acquired the company.Databricks, which launched its own LLM a few weeks ago, plans to integrate Okera’s technology into its Unity Catalog, its existing governance solution of data and AI assets.
  • “Historically, data governance technologies, regardless of sophistication, rely on enforcing control at some narrow waist layer and require workloads to fit into the ‘walled garden’ at this layer,” the company explains in a blog post.
  • Investors include Felicis, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cyber Mentor Fund, ClearSky and Emergent Ventures.Data governance was already a hot topic, but the recent focus on AI has highlighted some of the shortcomings of the previous approach to it, Databricks notes in today’s announcement.
  • Databricks today announced that it has acquired Okera, a data governance platform with a focus on AI.
  • “Many organizations don’t have enough technical talent to manage access policies at scale, especially with the explosion of LLMs.
  • What they need is a modern, AI-centric governance solution.
Databricks today announced that it has acquired Okera, a data governance platform with a focus on AI. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price. According to Crunchbase, Okera previously [+3047 chars]