Databricks positioned highest in execution and furthest in vision for the second consecutive year in Gartner Magic Quadrant
Summary
Databricks is recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Platforms for Data Science and Machine Learning, positioned highest in execution and furthest in vision for the second consecutive year. This reflects the market shift towards deploying agentic applications that reason on governed data, enabled by Databricks' unified data, AI, and governance platform with Unity Catalog and Unity AI Gateway.
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