What changed
Databricks made Genie and Genie Ontology generally available, with company context governed by Unity Catalog and Unity Gateway. Genie Search, Ontology Manager and the new always-on Genie—which delegates to subagents, runs background jobs and surfaces decisions—are only coming to preview or beta programs.
Why it matters
The GA ontology is usable enterprise context infrastructure; the proactive agent layer is not yet generally available. Separating them prevents teams from buying a future autonomous workflow as if it were a shipped control plane.
What to do
Start with a read-only ontology over approved metrics and permissions. Wait for preview access before testing background work, then require task boundaries, audit logs, cost limits and explicit approval for actions.
Caveat
Databricks describes productivity and accuracy gains using vendor or collaborator benchmarks. The always-on agent, new search and manager surfaces are future preview features, and governed context does not itself prove correct actions.