New Databricks tool uses AI agents to rewrite legacy SQL at scale

Databricks is adding an agentic code conversion capability to its Lakebridge toolkit, using Genie Code to provide its new customers another way to move from rival data warehouses to its lakehouse built atop Databricks SQL. The new capability, called the agentic code converter , uses AI subagents to analyze source code, convert files in parallel, validate the translated SQL, and iteratively retry failed sections within a migration project, while allowing developers to define reusable migration ru