Datapao Achieves Databricks Gold Partner Status

February 23, 2026

Datapao is pleased to announce that it has been awarded Gold Partner status within the Databricks Partner Programme — the highest tier of recognition available to partners operating within the Databricks ecosystem, formerly known as the Elite tier.

This status is less about the title itself and more about what it signifies: consistent production-grade delivery, deep technical expertise, and the ability to help organisations build lasting data and AI capabilities on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Gold Is Earned in Production

The Databricks Partner Programme differentiates partners not only by the scope of their platform capabilities, but also by the consistency and maturity of their delivery in real production environments. The Gold tier represents the highest level within that framework, recognising measurable impact across complex, enterprise-scale implementations operating under operational and regulatory constraints.

The Gold tier recognises organisations that have demonstrated:

• Proven production-grade delivery
• Strong technical certification and architectural capability
• Consistent customer success
• Alignment with Databricks engineering standards

It validates not just platform expertise, but the ability to implement and scale Databricks solutions reliably in business-critical settings.

Over the past several years, Datapao has worked with data-intensive organisations across the UK and Europe to design, implement, and scale modern data platforms on Databricks. Achieving Gold Partner status reflects the depth, consistency, and quality of that work.

What This Recognition Reflects

For Datapao, Gold Partner status is the result of sustained investment across three core areas: data and AI consulting, hands-on implementation, and structured Databricks education and training.

Our work spans the full lifecycle of data platform adoption: from initial strategy and architecture design through to production deployment, ongoing operations support, and internal capability building. We work primarily with data-intensive organisations in financial services and other regulated industries, supporting use cases that include data platform buildout and modernisation, cloud migration, advanced analytics, and the application of Generative AI and Agentic AI on Databricks.

What distinguishes Datapao’s approach is the integration of enablement within every engagement. Rather than treating education as a separate workstream, we embed structured knowledge transfer throughout delivery, ensuring that client teams are equipped to operate, extend, and govern their platforms independently after go-live.

Máté Gulyás, CEO of Datapao, commented:

“Our Gold Partner status reflects not only how we deliver, but how we enable our clients. We work closely with teams to build robust data platforms on Databricks, and we also invest heavily in education, so our customers can operate, extend and trust their data platform long after go-live. That combination of delivery and training is central to our approach.”

A platform that functions only while an external consultancy remains engaged is not a transformation. Sustainable capability must be built into the organisation itself.

Implications for Clients

Gold Partner status brings with it a closer working relationship with Databricks, including earlier access to platform innovations, deeper alignment with Databricks’ technical and product teams, and participation in joint go-to-market initiatives.

For clients, this translates into faster, better-informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle, reduced implementation risk, closer access to platform expertise, and a clearer progression from initial modernisation strategy to fully operational production systems.

Clients can continue to expect the same rigorous approach to engineering quality and data governance that has defined our delivery to date, now underpinned by an even stronger partnership with Databricks.

Datapao’s Role in the Databricks Ecosystem

Datapao operates as a specialist Databricks-focused consultancy with delivery hubs in the UK and Central Europe, serving clients across the UK and the broader European market. Our practice covers the full spectrum of Databricks-related services: platform strategy, implementation, buildout, migration, data engineering, data science, and dedicated training programmes for Databricks adoption.

Our training offering is designed to help organisations reduce long-term dependency on external consultancy, build sustainable internal expertise, and accelerate the return on their investment in the Databricks platform. This dual focus on delivery and education is what makes data platform adoption genuinely durable — not just technically sound at launch, but strategically valuable over time.

For organisations looking to explore how Databricks can support their data and AI ambitions — whether through a new platform build, a migration project, or a targeted training programme — we welcome the opportunity to discuss your requirements.

About Datapao

Datapao is a Databricks-focused data and AI consulting and training company operating in the UK and across Europe, with delivery hubs in the UK and Central Europe. The company helps organisations design, build, and operate modern data platforms while enabling internal teams through hands-on Databricks training. Our approach combines deep engineering expertise with structured knowledge transfer to ensure sustainable, long-term adoption of data and AI.

Official Press Release