Accelerating data-driven innovation

This partnership brings together the best of both organizations' platforms - combining the power of Altair's RapidMiner platform, a tool for data preparation, AI development, orchestration and automation, with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Customers can now seamlessly access and analyze data stored in Databricks while applying Altair's comprehensive suite of tools to drive decision making, build AI automation and modernize data operations.

"We are very excited to partner with Databricks to enable our customers to achieve faster, smarter and more efficient results and stay ahead of the competition," said Sam Mahalingam, Chief Technology Officer at Altair. "With this collaboration, we're not just helping our customers analyze their data, but truly put it to active use - transforming fragmented data into intelligent systems that can learn, think and act. Together, Altair and Databricks are redefining the future of data science and analytics."

Customers can leverage Altair RapidMiner's powerful data preparation, machine learning and delivery capabilities to gain better insights from their data in Databricks. This collaboration represents an important step towards accessible, scalable and impactful AI and machine learning solutions - paving the way for transformative innovation and enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of their data for years to come.

"We are impressed with Altair's innovative approach to data preparation and machine learning," said Ariel Amster, Director of Strategic Technology Partners at Databricks. "Our partnership will leverage the benefits of Altair RapidMiner and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to help customers explore, analyze and take action on data at scale."

Enterprise modernization with Altair RapidMiner and Databricks

Customers can use Altair RapidMiner to directly access, prepare, and analyze data in Databricks without duplicating data. The platform's comprehensive AI capabilities - from low-code AutoML to sophisticated MLOps, agent frameworks and high-speed visualization - enable companies to quickly build, deploy and scale AI applications using the data stored in Databricks.

Altair RapidMiner also offers native support for running the SAS language - one of only two platforms in the world with this capability - enabling customers to maintain and extend the value of their existing analytics investments while modernizing their workflows. This unique capability, especially in conjunction with Databricks, combines past and present into a single future-proof business strategy.

Driving knowledge graphs and data fabrics with Databricks Data

A key unique selling point is Altair RapidMiner's MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) Knowledge Graph technology, which was developed specifically for the creation of knowledge graphs, data structures and ontology modeling at the enterprise level.

By integrating with Databricks, customers can use the Altair RapidMiner Knowledge Graph engine to connect, contextualize and activate all types of data - structured, unstructured and streaming data. These graph-based structures form the foundation for a new generation of intelligent systems that enable generative AI models and autonomous agents to handle the full complexity of digital operations.

Developed for real-life use

Together, Altair and Databricks provide an unrivaled platform for the modern, intelligent enterprise. This partnership delivers not only the infrastructure required for data-driven transformation, but also the intelligence to drive it.