Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...

Want AI agents to work better? Improve the way they retrieve information, Databricks says

The idea of the Instructed Retriever architecture is that it turns these implied conditions into explicit search parameters.
InfoWorld

Databricks says its Instruction Retrieval offers better AI answers than RAG in the enterprise

Databricks says Instructed Retrieval outperforms RAG and could move AI pilots to production faster, but analysts warn it ...
Techzine Europe

RAG ‘2.0’: the Instructed Retriever links AI agents to the right data

The Instructed Retriever is set to replace RAG on a large scale. Databricks sees a 70 percent improvement with the ...

Data 2026 outlook: The rise of semantic spheres of influence

As for the AI bubble, it is coming up for conversation because it is now having a material effect on the economy at large.
InfoWorld

Azure Databricks previews parallelized Photon query engine

Microsoft has unveiled a preview of a C++-based vectorized query engine for the Azure Databricks cloud analytics and AI service based on Apache Spark. Azure Databricks, which is delivered in ...
Forbes

Databricks: A Much-Anticipated IPO, But Will The Honeymoon Last?

Databricks recently reached a valuation exceeding $100 billion following its latest funding round, joining the elite group of most-valuable private companies like SpaceX, ByteDance and OpenAI.