The challenge of siloed and complex industrial data often hinders the development of reliable Artificial Intelligence solutions for heavy-asset industries. To address this, Cognite, the global leader in Industrial AI, has announced a strategic partnership with Databricks. The collaboration includes plans for a bidirectional, zero-copy data sharing integration between the Cognite Industrial AI and Data Platform and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. This integration is designed to create a unified, domain-specific data foundation that drives operational efficiency and measurable business value by leveraging the open ecosystem approach of both companies.
Quick Intel
Cognite and Databricks are partnering to integrate their Industrial AI and data platforms.
The integration enables bidirectional, zero-copy data sharing for real-time access.
It provides a unified, domain-specific data foundation for building reliable AI agents and models.
Key benefits include reduced operational costs by eliminating data duplication and complex ETL pipelines.
The partnership leverages open standards like Delta Sharing to avoid vendor lock-in.
It aims to accelerate the delivery of measurable results from AI investments in industrial settings.
Powering Reliable Industrial AI with Unified Data
The partnership directly targets a core pain point for data science and engineering teams: the need for governed, high-quality, and contextualized data to solve complex field-level use cases. Raw industrial data is often unusable for AI without rich context. By integrating Cognite's platform, which uses semantic models and knowledge graphs to provide this essential context, with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, joint customers gain instant access to the unified data required to power reliable machine learning models and domain-specific AI agents like Databricks' Agent Bricks.
“Our joint customers are seeking a governed, open AI and data foundation. By integrating the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, including products like Agent Bricks, and the Cognite Industrial AI and Data Platform, we're empowering them to innovate without compromise,” said Andy Kofoid, President, Global Field Operations at Databricks. “This collaboration is fundamentally about providing unmatched customer choice and ensuring they can leverage the power of both platforms to deliver the most valuable AI insights and build the high-quality AI apps and agents that drive breakthrough operational efficiency.”
Driving Value Through an Open Ecosystem
A central tenet of the collaboration is a commitment to an open architecture, harnessing standards like Delta Sharing and Apache Iceberg. This approach eliminates expensive data duplication and complex ETL pipelines, allowing engineering teams to focus on high-value innovation rather than data management. It also ensures customers are not locked into a single vendor and can combine the best tools for their specific needs. The bidirectional nature of the integration means valuable model outputs generated within Databricks can continuously enrich the Cognite platform, creating a virtuous cycle of data improvement and operational insight.
“Customers deserve the freedom to choose the best platforms to meet the specific needs of their mission-critical operations. This partnership with Databricks is a commitment to an open ecosystem, where we use open standards and close collaboration to tear down data silos and deliver best-in-class results,” said Girish Rishi, Chief Executive Officer at Cognite. “By bringing together two industry-leading platforms, we're not just sharing data; we’re fundamentally multiplying the value our joint customers can derive, accelerating their journey to achieve significant, measurable results from their AI investments.”
This partnership signifies a major step forward in maturing the Industrial AI landscape, moving from proprietary, closed systems to an interoperable future where data flows freely and securely to power the next generation of industrial operations.
Cognite makes Generative AI work for industry. Leading energy, manufacturing, and power & renewables enterprises choose Cognite to deliver secure, trustworthy, and real-time data to transform their asset-heavy operations to be safer, more sustainable, and profitable. Cognite provides a user-friendly, secure, and scalable industrial AI & data platform that makes it easy for all decision-makers, from the field to remote operations centers, to access and understand complex industrial data, collaborate in real-time, and build a better tomorrow.
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