
2/11/2025 · Jay Kreps
What this post added
This post details the expanded partnership between Confluent and Databricks, focusing on the bidirectional data flow between Confluent's Tableflow and Databricks' Unity Catalog. It highlights how this integration enables real-time, governed data products to power AI applications by transforming Kafka event streams into Delta Lake tables for AI model training and serving, and subsequently feeding AI-driven insights back into real-time applications. The post emphasizes unified governance and access across real-time and AI-driven data through the integration of Databricks Unity Catalog and Confluent Stream Governance.