Databricks Acquires Spreadsheet Platform Row Zero

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Databricks Acquires Spreadsheet Platform Row Zero

Published2026.09.30 11:03

Real-time, Governance-based Spreadsheet Environment Integrated into AI Coworker Genie

Databricks has acquired spreadsheet platform Row Zero and combined spreadsheet capabilities into its AI coworker Genie. The plan is to provide enterprises with a real-time data integration environment with governance and security applied.

Databricks announced on the 30th that it has acquired Row Zero, a spreadsheet platform designed to enable both people and agents to work with data together.

With this acquisition, finance, operations, sales, and marketing teams can now perform data exploration, scenario modeling, and collaborative work within the same business context provided by Genie Ontology.

Security and governance are also managed based on Unity Catalog and Unity Gateway.

Resolving Spreadsheet Governance Issues

Even after 40 years, spreadsheets remain a core tool for enterprise analysis, but the practice of storing or sharing data in so-called "spreadmarts" without governance has escalated security threats.

Each time data is exported, unmanaged data pipelines multiply, and there are concerns about AI agents handling sensitive data without source verification.

Row Zero resolves this issue through a structure that directly connects to real-time, governance-based data.

Queries are executed according to each user's permissions, and all interactions can be tracked and audited.

It also supports data export restrictions and data source backtracking of analysis results.

The key features of Row Zero are as follows.

△Compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets △Real-time data integration and audit trail based on user permissions △Interactive processing performance for data at the scale of billions of rows.

Row Zero is natively integrated into the Databricks Data + AI Platform and is available on web, desktop, and mobile apps.

It is provided to Databricks customers across all major cloud environments, and will continue to support data sources outside Databricks.

Patrick Wendell, Databricks co-founder and vice president of engineering, said "As more teams in finance, operations, and market expansion adopt Genie, it is important to provide an environment where spreadsheets can be utilized seamlessly."

The Row Zero team, founded by engineers from AWS and Tableau, will join Databricks and continue to expand Genie's capabilities.

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