CARTO now integrated with Databricks Spatial SQL & Mosaic AI

CARTO has announced a significant upgrade to its native integration with Databricks, enhancing its geospatial capabilities by leveraging Databricks' Spatial SQL and Mosaic AI. This integration allows users to perform AI-driven geospatial analytics directly within Databricks, eliminating the need for external libraries and offering a serverless experience through Databricks SQL Serverless. The enhanced compatibility supports over 90 spatial functions, ensuring high-performance queries and seamless scalability. This development marks a milestone in CARTO's partnership with Databricks, positioning it as the only fully native GIS platform on Databricks, and reinforcing its mission to integrate geospatial intelligence into AI-driven decision-making. The integration also includes robust security and governance features, ensuring that spatial data remains within Databricks' control and complies with enterprise-level data governance policies. With these advancements, CARTO enables organizations to harness the full potential of geospatial analytics as a core component of their modern cloud data platforms.