Many business questions can’t be started and answered within the same conversation. A manager asks her team in Slack why revenue growth slowed last month across active customers. To answer, someone needs to find the right dashboard, check it against the number finance reported, and search last week's meeting notes for the explanation. Two hours later, they paste their findings back into the thread, but the conversation has already moved on.

The delay doesn't come from the question being hard, it comes from having to piece together data from multiple scattered sources. The revenue numbers live in your data platform, the explanation for the slowdown lives in documents and tickets, the definition of “active customer” varies across teams, and decisions happen in Slack.

Today, we’re making it easier than ever for teams to answer questions right where they start, with the General Availability of the Databricks Genie app for Slack. Genie now answers in the channel, thread, or DM where questions are asked, with the same governed context and permissions it uses directly in Databricks.

Genie brings governed answers into Slack

The Databricks Genie app for Slack brings the power of Genie directly into your Slack workspace. You can start a DM with Genie or @mention it in a channel, and Genie responds directly in the thread, with answers grounded in the governed business context you have access to through Unity Catalog and any outside tool source permissions.