Databricks announced on Thursday that it is integrating OpenAI’s models, including GPT-5, into its data platform and its AI product, Agent Bricks. This move is part of a one hundred million dollar multi-year deal that signifies a major bet on OpenAI’s ability to attract enterprise customers.
The agreement underscores the accelerating race to incorporate generative AI into the enterprise technology stack. Companies are anticipating significant demand for AI tools that can securely utilize corporate data.
Agent Bricks enables organizations to build AI applications and agents using their own enterprise data and a variety of AI models. OpenAI’s latest models are now part of that selection, accessible through SQL or an API, with GPT-5 being offered as a flagship model for Databricks customers. This news follows the addition of OpenAI’s open-weight models, gpt-oss 20B and gpt-oss 120B, to the platform nearly two months ago. Agent Bricks can now evaluate the performance accuracy of different models on specific tasks and fine-tune them accordingly to produce more tailored results.
Brad Lightcap, Chief Operating Officer of OpenAI, stated that the partnership brings OpenAI’s most advanced models to where secure enterprise data already exists, making it easier for businesses to experiment with, deploy, and scale impactful AI agents.
With this deal, Databricks is wagering that enterprise customers will widely adopt OpenAI’s models. The terms stipulate that Databricks must pay a minimum of one hundred million dollars to OpenAI over the life of the agreement, regardless of whether the AI firm’s models generate that much revenue. The duration of the agreement was not disclosed by either company. If revenue exceeds one hundred million dollars, OpenAI will earn more, but if it falls short, Databricks is still obligated to pay the full amount. This presents a potential downside risk for Databricks, while providing OpenAI with predictable income as it rapidly expands its data center infrastructure.
The structure of this deal is similar to an agreement Databricks reached with Anthropic earlier this year, which also set a revenue target of one hundred million dollars over a five-year period. A Databricks spokesperson mentioned that the company has already seen overwhelming demand from customers, including Mastercard, for native access to OpenAI’s models on its platform.