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Tealium + Databricks: Powering the Next Generation of AI Marketing


We are very excited to announce a new partnership with Databricks as part of the launch of Databricks Data Intelligence for Marketing, which combines the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform with out-of-the-box integrations to an ecosystem of leading marketing solution providers. This collaboration marks a major step forward for enterprises seeking to supercharge their marketing intelligence and AI initiatives with trusted, real-time, privacy-compliant customer data.

Tealium is Built on Databricks, offering native interoperability between Tealium’s real-time data pipelines and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. Together, we’re delivering an end-to-end solution that helps marketers and data teams turn raw customer signals into actionable, AI-powered insights and orchestrate them faster and more securely than ever.

Powering the Next Generation of AI Marketing

Marketers today face a growing challenge: the data they rely on for machine learning and personalization is often incomplete, stale, or stuck in pre-processing pipelines. That means delayed model training, inaccurate targeting, and missed moments.

Tealium AIStream solves this by delivering real-time, enriched, consented behavioral data directly into Databricks Delta Lake, eliminating the data preparation bottleneck. This streaming data is:

  • AI-ready and optimized for Delta Lake ingestion

  • Enriched at the point of capture

  • Structured for immediate use across the Lakehouse environment

This enables accelerated time-to-insight and faster model deployment, whether you’re working with real-time, historical, or hybrid data sets. Per Matthew Gray, SVP of Global Partnerships and Alliances at Tealium: “We’re proud to join the Built on Databricks community and deepen our collaboration to support the world’s leading enterprises. Our partnership ensures customers continue to benefit from cutting-edge innovation, real-time insights, and the highest standards of compliance and performance.”

Real-Time Interoperability Across the Lakehouse

With Tealium now tightly integrated into Databricks’ ecosystem, data and AI teams can seamlessly stream behavioral data into and orchestrate from:

  • Delta Live Tables for scalable, real-time analytics

  • MLflow for model experimentation, deployment, and activation

  • Unity Catalog for secure data governance, sharing, and enforcement

  • Feature Store for building AI-ready customer features

Whether you’re using Tealium’s EventStream for data collection or AudienceStream for audience orchestration, this partnership gives brands the flexibility to build modern, composable marketing architectures tailored to their needs.

Built-In Privacy and Governance

As regulations evolve, AI must be built on a foundation of trust. Tealium AIStream captures consented, first-party behavioral data and tags every record with consent metadata. That consent-aware data is ingested directly into Unity Catalog, ensuring:

  • End-to-end data lineage

  • Compliance with privacy regulations

  • Ethical AI development practices

Key Benefits for Marketing and Data Teams

With Tealium and Databricks, brands can now:

  • Activate real-time data for personalized customer journeys

  • Improve segmentation with machine learning

  • Build unified profiles across channels and touchpoints

  • Accelerate marketing analytics and campaign optimization

  • Scale data processing across high-volume customer interactions

  • Maintain compliance with global privacy regulations

A Future-Proof Foundation for AI Marketing

This partnership enables modern enterprises to build marketing stacks that are responsive, intelligent, and ready for whatever comes next. By integrating Tealium’s real-time data capabilities into Databricks’ unified data and AI platform, organizations can finally bridge the gap between raw data and real-time action, without sacrificing trust, scale, or agility.

Learn more about why Databricks and Tealium are Better Together:
tealium.com/technology-partner/databricks-tealium-better-together

Visit us at Databricks Data and AI Summit, June 9 – 12, 2025  – Booth #522

Rick Ruden
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