TLDR: CData Software has announced its partnership with Databricks, making its Managed MCP Platform, Connect AI, available on the Databricks Marketplace. This integration empowers enterprise AI agents with live, secure access to over 350 business systems, enabling more intelligent and accurate operations.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – November 6, 2025 – CData Software, a leading provider of enterprise data connectivity solutions, today unveiled a strategic partnership with Databricks, the prominent Data and AI company. This collaboration introduces CData’s Managed MCP Platform, Connect AI, to the Databricks Marketplace, marking a significant advancement in enterprise AI capabilities.
Connect AI is designed to enable Databricks Agent Bricks to establish direct connections with hundreds of diverse enterprise data systems through the MCP protocol. This integration is poised to revolutionize how Databricks customers develop and deploy AI agents, allowing them to securely read, write, and act on data within Databricks, complemented by real-time data from more than 350 enterprise systems. These systems include widely used platforms such as NetSuite, Salesforce, SAP, and ServiceNow.
A key differentiator of Connect AI is its source-level semantic intelligence, which uniquely exposes the inherent business knowledge encoded within each enterprise system. This capability allows AI agents to comprehend metadata and relationships across various systems, providing a more holistic and accurate understanding of a customer’s business context. Consequently, Agent Bricks agents, built on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and enhanced by Connect AI, can reason more effectively and act with greater precision.
The partnership addresses a critical challenge faced by organizations striving to implement AI agents for automating complex business processes. The difficulty lies in reliably, securely, and intelligently connecting these agents to the vast and varied ecosystem of enterprise data sources for production deployment. CData’s Connect AI platform directly tackles this issue by offering the industry’s only managed MCP platform.
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Amit Sharma, CEO and Founder at CData Software, emphasized the significance of this collaboration, stating, “We’re excited to partner with Databricks to eliminate the organizational context gaps that prevent enterprises from deploying truly intelligent agents at scale. Our platform doesn’t just connect to data sources—it teaches AI agents the schemas, relationships, and business logic native to each system, enabling sophisticated operations.” This partnership underscores a shared vision to empower enterprises with the tools necessary to leverage AI agents for transformative business outcomes.
