Databricks has acquired early-stage spreadsheet startup Row Zero, TechCrunch reported on Sept. 24. Databricks plans to integrate spreadsheets as a work interface connecting AI agents and business intelligence. The company moved to buy Row Zero after confirming its finance team was using the cloud tool. CEO Ali Ghodsi said combining BI, agents and spreadsheets makes sense. Row Zero was founded by engineers from AWS and Tableau.

Snowflake entered the observability market after acquiring Observe in January, putting it in competition with Cisco-owned Splunk, Datadog and New Relic. Jeremy Burton (제레미 버튼), Observe founder and head of Snowflake\'s observability business, said Snowflake’s data platform can strengthen competitiveness by addressing fragmented data and high costs. He also highlighted AI agents, and Snowflake’s launch of PG Lake and a public preview of Data Mirroring at Snowflake Summit 26 in San Francisco.