Databricks is a unified data analytics platform that simplifies the process of building, managing, and deploying data-driven applications. It is built on top of Apache Spark, an open-source distributed computing system, and offers a collaborative environment for data scientists, engineers, and analysts to work together on big data and AI projects. Databricks provides features such as interactive notebooks for code execution, scalable data processing capabilities, built-in machine learning libraries, and integrations with popular data storage systems like AWS S3 and Azure Data Lake Storage. Its cloud-based platform allows for seamless scalability and automates many aspects of data management and infrastructure provisioning, making it an attractive solution for organizations looking to derive insights from large volumes of data efficiently and effectively.