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Blackbaud Unveils Platform for Good, Unified Social Impact OS

Blackbaud, a leading provider of AI-powered solutions for the social impact sector, announced the launch of Platform for Good™, described as the industry's first unified operating system. This platform integrates data, AI, and workflows into a single connected pipeline. It comprises three layers: the Data Core, Intelligence Layer, and Action Layer. The announcement includes several innovations: Lantern, a domain-specific language model for fundraising intelligence developed with Databricks; an expansion of Agents for Good™, including the Development Agent and new Data Health Agent; the rebuilt Raiser's Edge NXT® as a native cloud, AI-powered fundraising CRM; the introduction of Blackbaud Marketing™; new financial workflows with an Accounts Payable Agent, Payment Assistant™ (with BILL), and Deposit Connect™; and the Higher Education Connected Campus solution developed with Student First. These innovations were unveiled at Blackbaud's annual customer conference, bbcon, and are designed to help organizations identify growth opportunities and expand capacity.

• Blackbaud announced Platform for Good™, a unified operating system for social impact, at its bbcon conference.
• The platform comprises a Data Core, an Intelligence Layer powered by the Social Impact Signal Graph, and an Action Layer with AI assistants and agents.
• Blackbaud introduced Lantern, a domain-specific language model for fundraising intelligence, developed with Databricks.

Evalueserve Partners with Databricks to Accelerate Data and AI

Evalueserve, a global domain-led AI services firm, has announced a partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, to help enterprises modernize their data environments, strengthen data governance, and build trusted foundations for scaling analytics and AI. The collaboration combines the Databricks Data + AI Platform with Evalueserve's data engineering, AI, and domain expertise. Initial solutions include a Private Credit Intelligence Accelerator, a Data Quality Framework, and Automodel Generators. Evalueserve aims to deliver repeatable solutions that make complex enterprise data more usable and trusted, enabling organizations to accelerate AI adoption at scale.

• Evalueserve announced a partnership with Databricks.
• The partnership aims to help enterprises modernize data environments and scale AI.
• Initial solutions include Private Credit Intelligence Accelerator, Data Quality Framework, and Automodel Generators.

Databricks Acquires Row Zero, Plans More Startup Acquisitions

Databricks announced the acquisition of Row Zero, a startup offering cloud-based spreadsheets that can handle over a million live rows. The acquisition was driven by Databricks' finance team, who used Row Zero with Databricks' AI agent Genie for natural-language data queries. By integrating Row Zero, Databricks aims to provide a secure, spreadsheet-based interface for interacting with enterprise data, combining BI, AI agents, and familiar spreadsheet tools. Financial terms were not disclosed. Row Zero had raised $10 million in May 2025 at a $40 million valuation. Databricks, with $7 billion in annualized revenue, has been actively acquiring startups in 2026, including Quotient AI, SiftD.ai, Panther, and Electric, and plans more acquisitions. CEO Ali Ghodsi emphasized the strategic importance of spreadsheets as a user-friendly data interface.

• Databricks acquired Row Zero, a cloud spreadsheet startup.
• Row Zero was founded by former AWS and Tableau engineers.
• Row Zero raised $10 million in May 2025 at a $40 million valuation.

Discover Dataiku Agent Management: every agent on the record

Dataiku announced the launch of Dataiku Agent Management, a new product feature for managing AI agents, along with the announcement of the AI Success Frontrunner award winners.