Altair and Databricks Join Forces to Accelerate Data-Driven Innovation!

Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, has partnered with Databricks, a leader in data and AI, to enable businesses to unlock the full potential of their data. This collaboration combines Altair’s powerful RapidMiner platform, known for its data preparation, AI development, orchestration, and automation capabilities, with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, a comprehensive solution for data unification and analysis. The alliance aims to empower customers with next-generation tools for AI, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making.

The partnership allows customers to seamlessly access and analyze data stored in Databricks while utilizing Altair’s comprehensive suite of tools to drive actionable insights. Sam Mahalingam, Chief Technology Officer at Altair, emphasized how this collaboration helps customers turn fragmented data into intelligent systems. By combining the expertise of both organizations, Altair and Databricks are pushing the boundaries of data science and analytics, enabling faster, smarter, and more efficient outcomes for enterprises.

“Through this collaboration, we are helping customers not just analyze their data but truly activate it—transforming fragmented data into intelligent systems that can learn, reason, and act,” Mahalingam said.

With this collaboration, customers will be able to leverage Altair RapidMiner’s robust capabilities in data preparation, machine learning, and deployment to extract deeper insights from their data in Databricks. The combination of these two platforms offers a unique, scalable solution for AI and machine learning, enabling businesses to prototype, deploy, and scale AI applications using data stored in Databricks without needing data duplication.

Altair RapidMiner’s full-stack AI capabilities, ranging from low-code AutoML to advanced MLOps, agent frameworks, and high-speed visualization, ensure organizations can build AI applications with greater speed and efficiency. Furthermore, RapidMiner’s support for SAS language execution allows organizations to modernize their workflows while preserving and extending the value of existing analytics investments.

One of the key differentiators of the Altair and Databricks partnership is the use of Altair RapidMiner’s massively parallel processing (MPP) knowledge graph technology. This powerful engine supports knowledge graph creation, data fabrics, and ontology modeling at an enterprise scale. By integrating with Databricks, customers can connect, contextualize, and activate all types of data—structured, unstructured, and streaming—using Altair’s knowledge graph engine.

These graph-powered data fabrics enable organizations to build intelligent systems and are the foundation for next-generation AI models and autonomous agents. These intelligent systems can handle the complexity of digital operations, making the combination of Altair and Databricks an essential platform for modern enterprises looking to drive data-driven transformation.

Altair and Databricks have united to offer a comprehensive platform for the modern enterprise. This partnership combines the infrastructure needed for data-driven transformation with the intelligence to power it forward, allowing businesses to stay ahead of the competition by leveraging the full potential of their data.

For more information on Altair RapidMiner and Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, visit their respective websites. This collaboration is expected to redefine the future of data science, enabling businesses to achieve transformative innovation across industries.