# Bad Influence story: Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia says Genie changes his work more than coding agents

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 14:50. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/6eabb74e-f728-4dd1-bf0c-4415de8f8a37

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Latest update (11-11 14:50): Databricks CTO says Genie changed his work more than coding agents

Overview: Databricks CTO Matei Zaharia says Genie has changed his work more than coding agents have, in a post on X dated November 11, 2026. He says Genie connects production data, GitHub, Google Drive, Slack and the web, and learns from them through Genie Ontology. He cites tasks he gives it: comparing competitor positioning, tracing design decisions, finding bugs and prototyping speedups for slow services. The report is his own account and includes no measured results.

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1. 11-11 14:50 · Matei Zaharia · [Databricks CTO says Genie changed his work more than coding agents](https://badinfluence.news/items/pshws93xrbk5vf0nu8wae5l61)
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