The CEO of a $62B Data and AI Company Says People Underestimate How Hard It Is to Completely Automate Tasks

The CEO of a $62B data and AI company says people underestimate how hard it is to completely automate tasks

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks, said humans will need to be accountable for artificial intelligence's decisions.Courtesy DatabricksCompanies are increasingly turning to AI agents to act as digital assistants in the workplace.Databricks, a data analytics startup with a $62B valuation, provides software that can build agents.Ali Ghodsi, Databricks CEO, said that humans will still be in the loop for a long time.Companies are increasingly finding way…

Databricks CEO Predicts AI Agents Will Dominate Databases

In a recent interview with CNBC, Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi made a bold prediction about the future of the database industry, asserting that the rise of “agentic” AI—where artificial intelligence agents autonomously create and manage databases—will fundamentally disrupt the sector. Ghodsi’s comments came during a discussion at the Data + AI Summit, where he highlighted the transformative potential of this new era, driven by technological advancem…