Databricks gives all 12,000 employees Day-1 access to every new frontier model
pwendell · x · 2026-09-29
Databricks' Paul Wendell shares that the company now gives all 12,000 employees "Day 1" access whenever a new frontier model is released. He notes this is tricky to pull off without massive cost spikes and quality regressions, and the team has written up their approach for others interested in doing the same.
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