Databricks AI/BI
by Databricks
At a glance
AI-assisted analytics and BI on the Databricks lakehouse, including conversational analysis over governed data.
business-intelligence lakehouse sql
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Data & Analytics
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2024
Overview
Databricks AI/BI is Databricks' analytics layer for dashboards and conversational analysis on the lakehouse. It lets users ask questions of governed catalog data and build views with AI assistance, without a separate BI user-license SKU on top of Databricks. AI/BI is billed as Databricks platform consumption.
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Key features
- Conversational analysis over Unity Catalog data
- AI assistance for building dashboards and views
- Governance through the Databricks catalog
- Embedded analytics and APIs on the lakehouse
Use cases
- Asking natural-language questions of lakehouse tables
- Building governed dashboards without a separate BI stack
- Embedded analytics for Databricks customers
Pricing
Databricks AI/BI is included with Databricks platform usage rather than a separate consumer subscription; costs follow Databricks units.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Pricing
- www.databricks.com ↗
- Documentation
- docs.databricks.com ↗
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- US
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Data analysis
Derived from the record: category "data-analytics".
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- Web app
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
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- Not recorded
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- Global
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- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
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Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
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- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Where it runs
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- Works offline
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- Official service region
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- Public API
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- Licence
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- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is Databricks AI/BI?
AI/BI is Databricks' analytics and conversational BI layer on governed lakehouse data.
Is it a standalone chatbot?
No. It runs inside Databricks accounts on catalog data, not as a consumer chat app.
Does it require extra BI licenses?
Databricks states AI/BI does not require extra per-user BI licenses on top of the platform.
What does Databricks AI/BI not record?
The pages fetched state no licence terms, service regions or supported languages, so those fields keep an inferred status rather than a confirmed one.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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