Okera acquisition: Databricks welcomes the AI-powered watchdog of the data governance world

WHO Databricks, a company focused on democratizing data and AI, and Okera, the world's first AI-centric data governance platform, are joining forces to help enterprises address data privacy and governance challenges.

WHAT Okera's data governance platform offers an intuitive, AI-powered interface to automatically discover, classify, and tag sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII). It also provides a self-service portal to quickly audit and analyze sensitive data usage, giving organizations the ability to reliably monitor and track data usage patterns. Okera's new isolation technology enforces governance control without sacrificing performance.

WHY With the rise of AI, traditional data governance technologies have become insufficient to govern the ever-increasing number of data assets. Okera's AI-centric approach simplifies data visibility and transparency, helping organizations understand their data, and address concerns about their biases.

KEY TAKEAWAY The acquisition of Okera by Databricks is a significant step in addressing the challenges of data governance in the age of LLMs and machine learning models. By integrating Okera's AI-centric governance technologies into Unity Catalog, Databricks is providing customers with an AI-driven solution to govern all their data, analytics, and AI assets with attribute-based and intent-based access policies.