EXL and Databricks expand collaboration to help enterprises build trusted data foundations for AI

EXL, a global data and AI company, has achieved Gold Tier Status in the Databricks Partner Program, deepening its collaboration with the data lakehouse platform provider to help enterprises build more robust data foundations for AI initiatives. The expanded partnership will leverage EXL's EXLdata.ai platform alongside Databricks' security, governance, and data lineage capabilities to address the critical challenge of establishing trusted data infrastructure for enterprise AI deployments. The collaboration focuses on combining EXL's data analytics and AI services with Databricks' unified analytics platform, which provides organizations with tools for data engineering, machine learning, and analytics at scale. The Gold Tier partnership status indicates a deeper technical integration and expanded go-to-market capabilities, allowing the companies to jointly address enterprise customers' needs for reliable data governance and AI-ready data architectures. This partnership comes as organizations increasingly struggle with data quality, lineage tracking, and governance challenges that can undermine AI project success rates.