Modernizing the Trade Lifecycle With Governed Data and AI
Sep 17, 2026

Summary
This post details the evolution of the Governance Hub to unify governance across different engines and catalogs within the Open Lakehouse. It also introduces new capabilities for managing AI spend controls through the Unity AI Gateway, integrating models like Kimi K3, and implementing intent-based authorization for granular access control, moving beyond traditional RBAC.
More from the Governance Hub trail
- Read Restrictions and Catalog Labels: Unifying governance across engines and catalogs
- Your data, your storage, your rules: a 2026 guide to storing Unity Catalog managed tables
- Unifying governance across engines and catalogs in the Open Lakehouse
- Governance beyond security: knowledge, context & ontology on the lakehouse
- Introducing Governance Hub: Intelligent, account-level governance over your Databricks estate