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o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform for transforming planning and decision-making, has announced a partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company. This collaboration simplifies connecting up-to-date data from Databricks to o9's Digital Brain platform, enabling joint clients to accelerate time to value and build agile, resilient supply chains amid increasing data complexity and volatility.
Enterprises face unprecedented data volumes, making rapid transformation into decisions essential for agile supply chains. The partnership combines Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform—which unifies data, analytics, and AI—with o9's AI-powered integrated planning solution. This integration brings Databricks data directly into o9's Digital Brain, speeding up model deployment, enhancing what-if scenario confidence, and aligning decisions across planning horizons. Benefits include improved service levels, optimized capacity and inventory use, and stronger coordination between supply chain, commercial, and finance functions.
The solution leverages Delta Sharing, Databricks' open-source protocol for secure data sharing across platforms, clouds, and regions with robust governance. This eliminates manual efforts, avoids redundant data copies, and ensures planners access current information within o9's platform.
Igor Rikalo, President and Chief Operations Officer at o9, highlighted the efficiency gains: “Enterprises need to turn data into decisions quickly. Partnering with Databricks makes it simpler for joint clients to connect the data they already manage in Databricks to o9's Digital Brain platform. That shortens onboarding, brings scenario planning forward, and helps teams align decisions across supply chain, commercial and finance sooner.” Bryan Smith, Databricks' Head of Partner Ecosystems for Consumer Industries, added: “Supply chain leaders are looking for ways to use data and AI to make better decisions in less time. Databricks provides the foundation for unifying and scaling data and AI across the enterprise, making it easier for organizations to harness the power of their data for analytics and AI apps and agents. Partnering with o9 means that information can be put to work directly in planning and decision-making. Together we're helping companies respond with greater agility and resilience in today's complex environment.”
This partnership empowers enterprises to respond effectively to market volatility, leveraging unified data and AI for faster, more informed planning. By streamlining integration and focusing on actionable insights, o9 and Databricks enable scalable supply chain transformations that drive efficiency and competitiveness.
o9 is a leading AI-powered platform for integrated business planning and decision-making for the enterprise. Whether it is driving demand, aligning demand and supply, or optimizing commercial initiatives, any planning process can be made faster and smarter with o9's AI-powered digital solutions. o9 brings together technology innovations—such as graph-based enterprise modeling, big data analytics, advanced algorithms for scenario planning, collaborative portals, easy-to-use interfaces and cloud-based delivery—into one platform.
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