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databricks Platform · Updated Mar 11, 2026

Databricks Assistant is now Genie Code

Databricks Assistant is now Genie Code, with expanded agentic capabilities for autonomous, multi step data tasks.

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What it does

Databricks Assistant is now Genie Code, with expanded agentic capabilities for autonomous, multi step data tasks. Genie Code Agent mode is now generally available for data science, data engineering, and dashboard authoring. note Starting July 8, 2026 at 00:00 UTC, Genie products are billed following a pay as you go pricing model that includes a per user free monthly allowance.

Why it matters

Account admins can manage budgets and cost controls for Genie.

Key capabilities
Data science and ML in
Data science and ML in notebooks
Genie Code is integrated with
Genie Code is integrated with Databricks notebooks and optimized to automate exploratory data analysis and model training.
Pipeline development in Lakeflow
Pipeline development in Lakeflow
Genie Code has data engineering
Genie Code has data engineering capabilities that make it easy to automate ETL workloads and build Lakeflow Spark Declarative…
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

Databricks Assistant is now Genie Code, with expanded agentic capabilities for autonomous, multi step data tasks. Genie Code Agent mode is now generally available for data science, data engineering, and dashboard authoring.

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Key takeaway
Databricks Assistant is now Genie Code, with expanded agentic capabilities for autonomous, multi step data tasks.
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